| 100% | DES | 3 | French for "from" |
| 94% | COULIS | 6 | French term for thick sauce made from fruit |
| 88% | HORTENSE | 8 | French female name from the Latin word for "gardener" |
| 88% | ALIENIST | 8 | Former word for psychologist, from Latin, French |
| 86% | HICK | 4 | "The ___ from French Lick" (nickname for Larry Bird) |
| 84% | LINEN | 5 | "Lingerie" comes from the French word for this fabric |
| 84% | RAGOUT | 6 | Stew from French for "revive the taste" |
| 83% | ECRU | 4 | Common hose hue derived from the French word for "raw" |
| 83% | BAGUETTE | 8 | Loaf whose name comes from the French word for "stick" |
| 83% | PERDU | 5 | Remaining out of sight, from the French word for "lost" |
| 82% | CLEF | 4 | Word from the French for ''key'' |
| 82% | MELEE | 5 | Word from the French for "mixed" |
| 82% | TAUPE | 5 | Color from the French for "mole" |
| 82% | BRASSERIE | 9 | Word from the French for ''brewhouse'' |
| 82% | ARGOT | 5 | Word from the French for ''slang'' |
| 82% | OPT | 3 | Word from the French for "choose" |
| 82% | FEINT | 5 | Word from Old French for ''pretended'' |
| 82% | ALAS | 4 | Word from Old French for ''wretched'' |
| 82% | VOGUE | 5 | Word from Middle French for ''wave'' |
| 82% | ECLAT | 5 | Word from the French for ''flash'' |
| 82% | CONSOMME | 8 | Food from the French for ''finish'' |
| 82% | AMY | 3 | Name from the French for "beloved" |
| 82% | LEGUME | 6 | Word from the French for ''vegetable'' |
| 82% | FOYERS | 6 | Word from the French for ''fireplaces'' |
| 82% | TRIAGE | 6 | Word from the French for ''sorting'' |
| 82% | MARAUD | 6 | Word from the French for ''rogue'' |
| 82% | ECRU | 4 | Color from the French for "unbleached" |
| 82% | ECHELON | 7 | Word from the French for "rung" |
| 81% | APEROL | 6 | Italian liqueur whose name comes from the French slang for "aperitif" |
| 80% | BLONDE | 6 | Word from Middle French for ''light brown'' |