| 100% | NEY | 3 | Michel —, French marshal executed for treason in 1815 |
| 45% | JOHNBROWN | 9 | *Abolitionist who was the first person executed for treason in the United States |
| 40% | DREYFUS | 7 | French army officer tried for treason in 1894 |
| 37% | NEY | 3 | French marshal Michel |
| 36% | EZRAPOUND | 9 | Poet arrested for treason in 1945 |
| 36% | NEY | 3 | French marshal in Napoleonic Wars |
| 35% | EZRAPOUND | 9 | Expatriate American poet arrested for treason in 1945 |
| 35% | NEY | 3 | French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars |
| 34% | BURR | 4 | Aaron —, US Republican vice president tried for treason in 1807 |
| 34% | ADEUX | 5 | For two, in French |
| 33% | CASEMENT | 8 | Roger —, Irish nationalist hanged by the British for treason in 1916 |
| 32% | BAINMARIE | 9 | French name for water bath in cooking |
| 32% | QUATORZE | 8 | French for 14, as in Le __ Juillet |
| 32% | ENTREAT | 7 | Beg in French for handle |
| 31% | BLANCHE | 7 | French term for dipping veggies in boiling water |
| 31% | COIFFURE | 8 | French word used in English for a hairstyle |
| 31% | CALONNE | 7 | French financier called for reform in 1780s France |
| 31% | MAJUSCULE | 9 | In print, French term for a large letter |
| 31% | DANSE | 5 | Ballet, for example, in French |
| 31% | ENTREE | 6 | French word for the main course, in the US |
| 31% | ARMOIRE | 7 | French name used in English for an ornate wardrobe |
| 31% | GATEAU | 6 | French word used in English for a grand cake |
| 31% | NEZ | 3 | French for nose, like in glasses that pinch it |
| 31% | TANA | 4 | __ French, American writer known for In The Woods |
| 30% | AUREVOIR | 8 | Words for goodbye in French |
| 30% | VOUS | 4 | French word for "you" that is the "V" in "RSVP" |
| 30% | CONFIT | 6 | French term for cooking meat slowly in its own fat |
| 30% | CHAPEAUS | 8 | French word for hats, in the English plural |
| 30% | VIE | 3 | Compete with someone for attention; life in French |
| 30% | PINE | 4 | Long for sleuth to return in French style |