| 100% | STRAIT | 6 | Thin passage of water connecting seas |
| 73% | STRAIT | 6 | Narrow passage of water connecting two seas/oceans |
| 62% | STRAIT | 6 | Passage of water connecting two larger ones |
| 62% | STRAIT | 6 | Stretch of water connecting seas |
| 45% | STR | 3 | Narrow passage of water: Abbr. |
| 44% | BALTIC | 6 | — Sea, body of water connected to the North Sea by the Skaggerak, Kattegat and Oresund |
| 42% | WHITESEA | 8 | Body of water connected by canal to the Baltic |
| 42% | ADEN | 4 | Gulf of ___ (body of water connected to the Red Sea by the Bab el-Mandeb) |
| 41% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from a sea |
| 41% | TRICKLE | 7 | Slow thin stream of water |
| 40% | MIST | 4 | A spray of water or a thin fog |
| 40% | CASPIAN | 7 | World's largest inland body of water: __ Sea |
| 40% | LABRADOR | 8 | Body of water between Canada and Greenland: __ Sea |
| 40% | ARM | 3 | Like an inlet of water from the sea |
| 40% | AQUA | 4 | Color of sea water |
| 39% | MIST | 4 | Thin spray of water seen at waterfalls that cause reduced visibility |
| 39% | STRAIT | 6 | Narrow passage connecting two seas |
| 39% | ESTUARY | 7 | Body of water where the river meets the sea |
| 39% | MARACAIBO | 9 | Lake —, body of water connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by the Tablazo Strait |
| 39% | PERSIAN | 7 | __Gulf, body of water fed by the Sea of Oman |
| 38% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the sea by a reef |
| 37% | LAGOONS | 7 | Stretches of salt water near the sea |
| 37% | BRACKISH | 8 | Type of water when sea water and fresh water mix |
| 37% | POLYNYA | 7 | Area of open water surrounded by sea ice |
| 36% | AZOV | 4 | Sea connected to the Black Sea by the Strait of Kerch |
| 36% | LAGOON | 6 | Shallow area of sea water separated by sand dunes |
| 36% | ICEBERGS | 8 | Large blocks of frozen water floating in the sea |
| 36% | OER | 3 | "___ the glad waters of the dark blue sea": Byron |
| 36% | EEL | 3 | Long, thin predator of the sea |
| 36% | GREATSALT | 9 | — Lake, body of water in northern Utah, US, known as America's Dead Sea |