| 100% | MANCHE | 6 | French name for the English Channel: La __ |
| 51% | SOMME | 5 | French river to the English Channel |
| 51% | ORNE | 4 | French river to the English Channel |
| 51% | CALAIS | 6 | French port on the English Channel |
| 51% | CAEN | 4 | French city near the English Channel |
| 50% | RIVIERA | 7 | Another name for the Cote d'Azur: French __ |
| 50% | CAEN | 4 | French city near the English Channel (anagram of "cane") |
| 49% | CROATIA | 7 | English name for the country named Hrvatska |
| 49% | ESTRAGON | 8 | French name for the herb tarragon; character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot |
| 49% | SWUM | 4 | Like the English Channel for the first time in 1875 |
| 49% | JUTLAND | 7 | English name for the Danish area of Jylland |
| 48% | LYMEREGIS | 9 | Resort in Dorset on the English Channel noted for its prehistoric fossils |
| 47% | CROMAGNON | 9 | Prehistoric hominid named for the French cave where it was first discovered |
| 47% | AMY | 3 | Name from the French for "beloved" |
| 47% | ARMOIRE | 7 | French name used in English for an ornate wardrobe |
| 46% | POTAUFEU | 8 | French dish named for the method used to cook it |
| 46% | CHAPEAUS | 8 | French word for hats, in the English plural |
| 46% | SARK | 4 | Island in the English Channel whose two main parts are linked by isthmus La Coupee |
| 45% | CALAIS | 6 | French ferry port on the English Channel |
| 45% | STMALO | 6 | French walled city on the English Channel |
| 45% | RIVIERA | 7 | French __, alternative name for the Côte d'Azur |
| 45% | SARK | 4 | Island in the English Channel whose two main parts are linked by the isthmus La Coupee |
| 44% | DEUTSCHMARK | 11 | English name for the standard monetary unit of Germany replaced by the Euro in 2002 |
| 44% | BROCA | 5 | French physician for whom a part of the brain is named |
| 44% | ECRU | 4 | Shade whose name comes from the French for "unbleached" |
| 44% | PANSY | 5 | Flower whose name comes from the French for "thought" |
| 44% | ECRU | 4 | Color whose name comes from the French for "unbleached" |
| 44% | MOUSSE | 6 | Dessert whose name comes from the French for "froth" |
| 44% | PANSY | 5 | Flower whose name comes from the French for “thought” |
| 44% | DETROIT | 7 | City named after the French for "strait" |