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French Cities 37

Ajaccio Capital of Corsica and the birthplace of Napoleon in 1769.
Amiens Northern city whose Gothic cathedral is the largest in France by volume.
Annecy Lakeside town called the Pearl of the French Alps.
Arles City on the Rhône beside the Camargue, with a Roman arena; Van Gogh painted here in 1888 and 1889.
Avignon City on the Rhône where the popes lived from 1309 to 1377.
Bayeux Town in Normandy that keeps a famous embroidered cloth about the events of 1066.
Bordeaux Port in the southwest, on the Garonne.
Caen City in Normandy where William the Conqueror built a castle around 1060 and is buried.
Calais Port on the narrowest part of the English Channel, the closest French town to England.
Cannes Riviera town that holds a famous film festival every year.
Carcassonne Fortified city of the south whose medieval walls and towers were restored in the 1800s.
Chamonix Mountain resort below Mont Blanc that held the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
Chartres City about 80 km southwest of Paris, known for a Gothic cathedral rebuilt after a fire in 1194.
Colmar Town in Alsace with a canal quarter called Little Venice and a museum of the sculptor Bartholdi.

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Dijon Historic capital of Burgundy, famous for its mustard.
Giverny Village in Normandy where Claude Monet lived and painted his own water garden.
Grasse Town near the Riviera considered the world's perfume capital.
Grenoble City below the French Alps, where two mountain rivers meet.
La Rochelle Old port on the Bay of Biscay, on the west coast.
Le Havre Port at the mouth of the Seine where Monet painted Impression, Sunrise.
Lille Big city of the far north, close to the border with Belgium.
Limoges City famous for porcelain since kaolin clay was found nearby in 1768.
Lyon City where the Rhône and Saône rivers meet; the Lumière brothers pioneered cinema here in 1895.
Marseille Mediterranean port founded by Greek settlers around 600 BC, the oldest city in France.
Montpellier Southern city whose university, founded in 1220, has the oldest medical school still at work.
Nancy City in Lorraine known for Place Stanislas, a grand square of the 1700s.
Nantes City on the Loire River where the writer Jules Verne was born.
Nice Large city on the Riviera, about 30 km from the Italian border.
Nîmes Southern city known for its Roman arena and its Roman temple.
Orléans City on the Loire that an army with Joan of Arc freed from a siege in 1429.
Paris The capital of France, on the Seine River, nicknamed the City of Light.
Reims Called the Coronation City, because French kings were crowned in its cathedral.
Rennes The chief city of Brittany, where the rivers Ille and Vilaine meet.
Rouen City on the Seine in Normandy where Joan of Arc was put on trial in 1431.
Saint-Malo Walled port in Brittany; the explorer Jacques Cartier sailed from here.
Strasbourg City in Alsace beside the German border, the official seat of the European Parliament.
Toulouse City on the Garonne called the Pink City for its buildings of pinkish brick.

Regions of France 24

Alsace Historic region on the west bank of the Rhine with a blend of French and German culture, now part of Grand Est.
Aquitaine Historic region of the southwest between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees.
Auvergne Historic region in the Massif Central known for its chain of old volcanoes.
Brittany Region of today on a peninsula in the northwest, with Celtic roots; it was united with the kingdom in 1532.
Burgundy Historic region in the east whose capital was Dijon.
Corsica Mountainous island in the Mediterranean, the birthplace of Napoleon and one of the 18 regions of today.
Dordogne Southwestern department named for its river, home of the painted cave of Lascaux.
French Guiana Overseas region in South America, home of the space center at Kourou.
Gascony Former province of the southwest, once a duchy, that passed from English to French rule in 1453.
Grand Est Region made in 2016 by joining Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne; its name means Greater East.
Guadeloupe Group of Caribbean islands that is an overseas region of France.
Hauts-de-France Region of today at the northern tip of the mainland; its capital is Lille.
Île-de-France Region of today around Paris; the first word of its name means island.
Languedoc Historic southern province whose capital was Toulouse.
Lorraine Historic region of the northeast named after a ruler called Lothair; a famous tart of eggs and cream is named for it.
Martinique Caribbean island in the Lesser Antilles that is an overseas region of France.
Mayotte Overseas region in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique.
Normandy Region of today on the English Channel, named for the Normans, Vikings who settled there.
Occitania Southern region created in 2016, with Toulouse as its main city.
Périgord Former province that matches the Dordogne of today; its Black area is named for its dark oak forests.
Picardy Historic territory and former region of northern France around the Somme; its capital was Amiens.
Provence Sunny historic region of the southeast that runs from the Rhône River to the Italian border.
Réunion Indian Ocean island that is an overseas region of France.
Savoy Historic Alpine region south of Lake Geneva.

Map of France 30

Alps High mountain range of the southeast, shared with Switzerland and Italy.
Andorra Small country in the Pyrenees; the president of France is one of its two princes.
Bay of Biscay Gulf of the Atlantic along the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain.
Camargue Marshy delta of the Rhône where flamingos feed and small horses have long lived wild.
Canal du Midi Waterway 240 km long, dug across the south of France in the 1600s.
Dune of Pilat Giant sand hill on the Atlantic coast near Arcachon, the tallest in Europe.
English Channel Arm of the Atlantic Ocean between northern France and southern England.
Garonne River of the southwest that passes Toulouse and Bordeaux, then joins the Gironde estuary.
Gironde Broad estuary of the southwest where the Garonne and the Dordogne meet.
Gulf of Lion Wide bay of the Mediterranean coast whose chief port is Marseille.
Hexagon Popular nickname for mainland France; the word names a shape with six sides.
Jura Mountain range north of the Alps that marks a long part of the Swiss border.
Lake Geneva Deep body of water in the Alps shared with Switzerland; about forty percent of it is French.
Loire The longest river in France, just over 1,000 km long.
Massif Central Highland of old volcanoes that covers about 15 percent of mainland France.
Mer de Glace Glacier on the slopes of Mont Blanc near Chamonix; its name means Sea of Ice.
Mistral Strong, cold wind from the northwest that blows across southern France to the sea.
Monaco Tiny independent country on the Riviera with France on three sides and the sea on the fourth.
Mont Blanc The highest peak in the Alps, about 4,800 m, on the border with Italy.
Mont Ventoux Peak 1,910 m high nicknamed the Giant of Provence and the Bald Mountain.
Moselle River with its source in the Vosges that runs on to Luxembourg and Germany.
Puy de Dôme Old volcano 1,465 m high in the Massif Central, near Clermont-Ferrand.
Pyrenees Mountain chain more than 400 km long along the border with Spain.
Rhine Great river that forms part of the border between France and Germany.
Rhône River that flows through Lake Geneva and south to a delta on the Mediterranean.
Riviera The Mediterranean coast of the southeast corner, called the Côte d'Azur in French.
Saône River that rises in the Vosges and joins the Rhône in the city of Lyon.
Seine River nearly 780 km long that flows through Paris and reaches the sea at Le Havre.
Verdon Gorge River canyon in Provence more than 20 km long and up to 700 m deep.
Vosges Range of medium mountains in the east, near the border with Germany.

Paris 27

Arc de Triomphe Monument where twelve avenues meet, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath its vault.
Arrondissement One of the 20 numbered districts that divide the city of Paris.
Bistro Small Parisian restaurant serving simple meals at modest prices.
Bouquinistes Sellers of used and rare books who trade from stalls along the banks of the Seine.
Centre Pompidou Arts building opened in 1977 that looks inside out, with its pipes and frame on the outside.
Champs-Élysées Avenue 1.9 km long that hosts the military parade every July 14.
Concorde The largest square in Paris, with an Egyptian obelisk from Luxor at its center.
Eiffel Tower Iron landmark 330 m tall, built from 1887 to 1889 for a World's Fair and nicknamed the Iron Lady.
Île de la Cité Natural island in the Seine at the center of Paris, where the great cathedral stands.
La Défense Major business district at the western end of the historic axis of Paris.
Latin Quarter Left Bank district around the Sorbonne, known for its many universities.
Le Marais Historic district on the Right Bank whose name means the marsh.
Left Bank The southern side of the Seine in Paris, called the Rive Gauche in French.
Les Invalides Complex of military museums and monuments that holds the tomb of Napoleon.
Louvre Huge art museum on the Right Bank, in a palace that was once a home of the kings.
Métro Underground railway of Paris; its first line opened on July 19, 1900.
Mona Lisa Portrait by Leonardo da Vinci that hangs in the Louvre.
Montmartre Hill 130 m high in the north of Paris, where many famous painters lived and worked.
Musée d'Orsay Art museum housed in a former railway station built for the world's fair of 1900.
Notre-Dame Medieval cathedral on an island in the Seine; it reopened in December 2024 after the fire of 2019.
Orangerie Museum that is the home to eight big Water Lilies murals of Monet.
Panthéon Domed building of 1790 where Voltaire and Victor Hugo are buried; a famous pendulum swung here in 1851.
Pont Neuf Its name means New Bridge, yet it is the oldest bridge still standing over the Seine in Paris.
Pyramid Glass and steel entrance to the Louvre, designed by I. M. Pei and opened in 1989.
Sacré-Coeur White-domed basilica at the summit of the hill of Montmartre.
Sainte-Chapelle Royal chapel finished in 1248, famous for its walls of stained glass 15 m high.
Tuileries Public garden that runs from the Louvre to Place de la Concorde, named for a palace begun in 1564.

French Landmarks 28

Amboise Royal castle on the Loire where Leonardo da Vinci came as a guest of the king in 1516 and was buried.
Bayeux Tapestry Embroidered cloth nearly 70 m long that shows the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
Blois Royal castle in the Loire Valley with wings in Gothic and Renaissance styles, home of several kings.
Carnac Site in Brittany where more than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones are set in long rows.
Chambord The largest castle of the Loire Valley, begun in 1519 as a hunting lodge for Francis I.
Channel Tunnel Railway link about 50 km long under the sea to England, opened in 1994.
Chantilly Castle north of Paris, destroyed in the Revolution and rebuilt in the late 1800s.
Château d'If Island fortress off Marseille, a setting of the novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
Chauvet Cave Cavern in the southeast with some of the best preserved prehistoric paintings in the world.
Chenonceau One of the best-known castles of the Loire Valley, built right across the River Cher.
Chinon Castle above the River Vienne where Joan of Arc first met the future King Charles VII in 1429.
Cluny Former abbey that once led a large network of monasteries across Western Europe.
Cordouan Lighthouse built on a rock out at sea at the mouth of the Gironde, a World Heritage Site.
Fontainebleau One of the largest royal castles, about 60 km southeast of Paris, once a hunting lodge of the kings.
Fontenay Cistercian abbey in Burgundy founded about 1119, one of the best preserved of its order.
Gavarnie Huge horseshoe of cliffs in the Pyrenees that Victor Hugo called the Colosseum of nature.
Hall of Mirrors Grand gallery of the palace of Versailles, where the treaty that ended World War I was signed.
Lascaux Cave in the Dordogne with hundreds of prehistoric paintings of horses, bulls and deer, found in 1940.
Millau Viaduct Cable-stayed road bridge high over the Tarn gorge, finished in 2004.
Mont St Michel Rocky tidal island with an abbey on top, just off the coast of Normandy.
Omaha Beach Code name of a stretch of the Normandy coast where American troops landed on June 6, 1944.
Orange Town with one of the best preserved Roman theaters anywhere, built early in the first century AD.
Pont d'Avignon Medieval bridge over the Rhône with only four arches left, known from a children's song.
Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct bridge of the first century AD that carried water over 50 km to Nîmes.
Saumur Castle first built in the 900s as a stronghold, above the place where the Loire meets the Thouet.
Versailles Vast palace near Paris with a famous Hall of Mirrors, home of the royal court from 1682 to 1789.
Vézelay Abbey church of the 1100s on a hilltop in Burgundy, a masterpiece of the Romanesque style.
Villandry Grand country house in the Indre-et-Loire department, best known for its beautiful gardens.

Famous French People 48

Bartholdi Sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty, which France gave to the United States.
Berlioz Romantic composer of the Symphonie fantastique.
Bizet Composer of the opera Carmen, first staged in 1875.
Cézanne Painter born in Aix-en-Provence who often painted the white mountain Sainte-Victoire nearby.
Champollion Scholar who worked out how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822.
Charlemagne King of the Franks from 768 who was crowned emperor in the year 800.
Coubertin Educator called the father of the modern Olympics.
Cousteau Ocean explorer who helped invent scuba gear and sailed on the ship Calypso.
De Gaulle General who led the Free French in World War II and founded the Fifth Republic in 1958.
Debussy Composer of the dreamy piano piece Clair de lune.
Degas Artist famous for paintings and pastels of ballet dancers.
Delacroix Romantic painter of Liberty Leading the People.
Descartes Thinker who wrote I think, therefore I am, and gave math its x and y coordinates.
Dumas Author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.
Fauré Composer known for his Pavane and his Requiem.
Gauguin Painter who spent his last years on Tahiti and in the Marquesas.
Gustave Eiffel Engineer whose company built the great iron landmark of Paris; he also worked on the Statue of Liberty.
Henri Rousseau Self-taught painter, a toll collector by trade, who painted jungles though he never traveled.
Jacques Cartier Explorer from Saint-Malo who mapped the Saint Lawrence River and gave Canada its name.
Joan of Arc Peasant girl who helped free Orléans from a siege in 1429 and was later made a saint.
Jules Verne Writer of adventure novels such as Around the World in Eighty Days, born in Nantes.
La Fontaine Poet of the 1600s best remembered for the Fables.
Lafayette French officer who crossed the ocean to fight for the American side in the Revolutionary War.
Louis Braille Blinded by an accident as a small child, he presented a system of raised dots for reading by touch at fifteen.
Louis Pasteur Scientist who developed vaccines and a way of heating milk to keep it safe.
Louis XIV The Sun King, who reigned for 72 years and moved his court to Versailles.
Lumière Family name of two brothers who worked in Lyon and showed some of the first films in 1895.
Manet Painter of modern life who led the way from Realism to Impressionism.
Marie Curie Scientist who became the first female Nobel Prize winner and the first person to win two.
Matisse Leader of the Fauves, loved for bold color and for his cut-paper pictures.
Molière Stage name of the great comic playwright and actor of the 1600s.
Monet Painter of water lilies whose picture Impression, Sunrise gave a whole art movement its name.
Montgolfier Family name of the brothers whose hot air balloon carried the first people into the sky in 1783.
Morisot Woman painter who joined the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.
Napoleon General born on Corsica in 1769 who became emperor in 1804 and lost at Waterloo in 1815.
Offenbach Composer of nearly 100 operettas in Paris in the 1800s.
Pascal Mathematician who began work in 1642 on one of the first mechanical calculators.
Perrault Writer who set down the fairy tales Cinderella, Puss in Boots and Sleeping Beauty.
Piaf Singer famous for the song La Vie en rose.
Ravel Composer who wrote the orchestral piece Boléro in 1928.
Renoir Impressionist who painted Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette and The Swing.
Rodin Sculptor of The Thinker, often called the founder of modern sculpture.
Saint-Exupéry Pilot and author who wrote The Little Prince.
Saint-Saëns Composer of The Carnival of the Animals, with its famous cello piece The Swan.
Seurat Painter who built pictures from tiny dots, as in A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
Sophie Germain Mathematician who wrote to famous scholars under the made-up name Monsieur Le Blanc.
Victor Hugo Author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
Voltaire Pen name of a witty writer of the 1700s who argued for freedom of speech.

French Art 12

Art Deco Sleek, geometric style first seen in Paris in the 1910s.
Art Nouveau Curving style of about 1900 seen on old Métro entrances; the second word of its name means new.
Collage Art made by sticking paper and other pieces to a surface; from the French word for to glue.
Cubism Art movement begun in Paris that breaks objects into flat shapes seen from many sides.
Fauvism Style of wild, bright color; its painters were nicknamed the wild beasts.
Flying Buttress Outer stone arch that props up the high wall of a Gothic cathedral.
Gargoyle Carved stone creature on a cathedral that works as a water spout.
Gothic Style of pointed arches and great windows that began in northern France in the 1100s.
Impressionism Art movement of the 1870s that tried to catch light and the passing moment, often outdoors.
Plein Air French for outdoors: painting outside, in front of the subject, as the Impressionists did.
Pointillism Way of painting with small dots of pure color, developed in the 1880s.
Rose Window Large round opening filled with stained glass, high on the front of a Gothic cathedral.

French Music and Ballet 16

Arabesque Pose balanced on one leg, the other leg stretched out behind.
Ballet Stage dance that took its formal shape in France, which is why its steps have French names.
Barre The handrail dancers hold while they warm up.
Can-Can High-kicking music-hall dance that appeared in Paris in the 1840s.
Chanson The French word for song, also a style of French singing built on the words.
Chassé Sliding step in which one foot seems to chase the other.
Coppélia Comic ballet of 1870 with music by Léo Delibes.
Giselle Romantic ballet first danced in Paris in 1841, with music by Adolphe Adam.
Jeté Leap from one foot to the other; the name means thrown.
Minuet Graceful French dance for a couple, in three-four time.
Pas de Deux A dance for two; the French words mean step of two.
Pirouette A full turn on one leg.
Plié Step whose name means bent: the dancer bends the knees.
Pointe Dancing on the very tips of the toes in special shoes.
Troubadour Poet and singer of the medieval south, from about 1100 to 1350.
Tutu The ballerina skirt made of layers of tulle.

French Food 34

Baguette Long, thin loaf with a crisp crust; French law defines it, and UNESCO honored it in 2022.
Béchamel White sauce of butter, flour and milk, one of the mother sauces of French cooking.
Bouillabaisse Fish soup that is a specialty of Marseille.
Brie Soft cow's-milk cheese with a white rind, named for the area east of Paris where it began.
Brioche Soft, rich bread made with plenty of eggs and butter.
Camembert Soft, creamy cow's-milk cheese first made in Normandy in the late 1700s.
Cassoulet Slow-cooked stew of white beans and meat from the town of Castelnaudary.
Clafoutis Baked dessert of cherries in batter, from the Limousin region.
Comté Hard cow's-milk cheese made in eastern France.
Crème Brûlée Rich custard under a hard layer of caramelized sugar.
Crêpe Very thin pancake, traditionally served in France on the holiday of Candlemas.
Croissant Buttery, flaky breakfast pastry named for its crescent shape.
Croque Monsieur Hot ham and cheese sandwich; the first word of its name means crunch.
Éclair Long cream-filled pastry with icing; its name means flash of lightning.
Escargot The French word for snail, used in English for edible land snails.
French Toast Bread soaked in egg and fried; in France it is called pain perdu, or lost bread.
Galette In Brittany, a savory pancake made of buckwheat flour.
Gratin Dish baked with a browned crust of breadcrumbs or cheese on top.
King Cake Treat for Epiphany in January with a small charm, the fève, hidden inside.
Macaron Small round sandwich cookie made of meringue and ground almonds.
Madeleine Small sponge cake from Lorraine, baked in a shell-shaped pan.
Meringue Crisp, airy sweet made of whipped egg whites and sugar.
Mille-Feuille Dessert of puff pastry layers and cream; its name means a thousand sheets.
Mousse Light, airy dish full of tiny bubbles; its name is the French word for foam.
Niçoise Salad from Nice made with tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, olives and anchovies or tuna.
Pain au Chocolat Flaky breakfast roll, made of the same dough as a croissant and baked around a sweet dark filling.
Pot-au-Feu Slowly boiled beef and vegetables; the last word of its name means fire.
Profiterole A cream puff: a ball of choux pastry with a sweet filling, often topped with chocolate sauce.
Quiche Savory tart of eggs and cream in a pastry crust, best known in its Lorraine version.
Ratatouille Stewed vegetable dish from Provence, linked with the city of Nice.
Roquefort Blue cheese of sheep's milk, aged in natural caves in the south.
Soufflé Light baked egg dish that rises in the oven; its name comes from the verb to blow or puff.
Tarte Tatin Upside-down apple tart named after the two sisters who served it in their hotel.
Truffle Prized fungus that grows underground; the black kind is named for Périgord.

French History and Symbols 24

April Fish English for the French poisson d'avril, a trick played on the first day of the fourth month.
Baccalauréat National exam at the end of high school, known to students as le bac.
Bastille Day National holiday on July 14, marked by a military parade on a famous avenue of Paris.
Belle Époque The Beautiful Era, the years of peace and progress before 1914.
Beret Soft, round, flat-topped cap, long common in the Basque Country.
Clovis The first king to unite all the Franks; he died in the year 511.
D-Day June 6, 1944, when Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy.
Dauphin Title of the heir to the French throne; the word means dolphin.
Épée Heaviest of the three fencing blades; its name is the French word for sword.
Fleur-de-Lis Stylized lily that was the emblem of the French royal family.
Franks Germanic people whose kingdom, Francia, grew into the kingdom of France.
Fraternity Third word of the national motto, after liberty and equality.
French Academy Council founded in 1635 under Cardinal Richelieu to look after the language of France.
Gallic Rooster Farmyard bird that stands as a national emblem of the French.
La Marseillaise The national anthem, written in Strasbourg in 1792.
Lycée French school for the last years before university.
Marianne Symbol of the Republic: a woman in a red cap who appears on French stamps and euro coins.
Marinière Cotton shirt with blue and white stripes worn by sailors of the French Navy.
Metric System Way of measuring in meters and kilograms, first introduced in France in the 1790s.
Musketeers Royal guards on horseback, first armed with muskets under King Louis XIII.
Normans People descended from Viking settlers and locals; their duke conquered England in 1066.
Pétanque Game of tossing metal balls toward a small target ball, given its rules in Provence in the early 1900s.
Revolution The upheaval that began in 1789 and lasted until 1799, ending the old rule of kings.
Tricolor Name for the national flag of three upright bands: blue, white and red.

How this list was compiled: 280 words about modern France, chosen and defined for this site: ten themed lists (cities, regions, map, Paris, landmarks, famous French people, art, music and ballet, food, history and symbols), France Favorites, an easy list of every word of 3 to 5 letters and a hard list of every word of 8 letters or more. The regions list mixes regions of today, historic regions and provinces and one department, and each clue says which it is. Entries have 3 to 14 letters once spaces, hyphens, apostrophes and accents are dropped, and the grid hides a two-word entry as one run of letters; Mont-Saint-Michel has 15 letters in full, so it is entered as Mont St Michel. Inside one list no word sits inside another, forwards or backwards. Clues are our own wording for readers of about 8 to 13; no clue repeats a word of four letters or more from its own entry. No brand, team, living person, fictional character, trademarked event or drink is listed. American spellings. Every place, date, name and number was checked on 2026-09-19 against the entry's English Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France and the article for each entry). On 2026-09-20 the dates, sizes, firsts and superlatives were checked a second time in Store norske leksikon (https://snl.no/), Lex, the Danish national encyclopedia (https://lex.dk/) and the places' own sites (https://www.chateau-amboise.com/, https://www.musee-adriendubouche.fr/, https://www.institut-lumiere.org/, https://www.phare-de-cordouan.fr/, https://www.sarlat-tourisme.com/). Where the two works differed, or no second one was found, the clue now says only what both support. Licence: own work

How it works

Paris, Eiffel Tower, Monet and Baguette are in the first France word search, 16 words drawn from 30 favorites. Start from a list swaps in Paris sights, ballet terms, regions or seven other themes, plus an easy and a hard list.

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A Paris list, a ballet list and eight more

Paris has its own list of 28 sights, from the Louvre and Notre-Dame to Arrondissement. French Music and Ballet holds the steps a dance class says in French: Plié means bent. The other eight are French Cities, Regions of France, Map of France, French Landmarks, Famous French People, French Art, French Food, and French History and Symbols.

Regions of today and of history

Regions of France lists 12 of the 18 regions of today, such as Occitania and Grand Est, beside historic names such as Gascony, Alsace and Savoy, and each clue says which. Tick Show clues, not words, and the sheet is a quiz: "Scholar who worked out how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1822" is Champollion.

Accents, hyphens and spaces drop out of the grid: Crêpe hides as CREPE and Eiffel Tower as EIFFELTOWER. Tell pupils first.
Hard France has 161 long words that crowd a 15 by 15 grid: the grid grows by itself when a word finds no room.
With a dance or music class, pick French Music and Ballet: Plié, Tutu, Pirouette and Arabesque sit beside composers such as Debussy and Ravel.

Questions and answers

Which Paris sights are in the France word search?

The Paris list has 28 words: the Louvre, Notre-Dame, Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre and the Champs-Élysées, the Seine, and city words such as Bistro and Arrondissement. Eiffel Tower is there too, and in the first puzzle.

Does the puzzle go beyond Paris?

Yes. French Cities lists 37 places, among them Lyon and Marseille and small towns with a story: Giverny, where Monet painted his water garden, Grasse, the perfume capital, and Chamonix, which held the first Winter Olympics in 1924.

Is there a Bastille Day word list?

French History and Symbols has Bastille Day, the national holiday on July 14, with Tricolor, Marianne and La Marseillaise, the anthem written in Strasbourg in 1792. Paris marks the day with a military parade on the Champs-Élysées.

Why is Hexagon in the Map of France list?

Mainland France is nicknamed the Hexagon for its six-sided shape. Map of France sets it beside edges a class can trace: the English Channel, the Pyrenees along Spain, the Alps and the Rhine on part of the German border.

Does the printed France puzzle come with an answer key?

Yes. Print or save as PDF gives the puzzle with a Name and Date line, then the answer key on its own page.

All 280 words

French Cities 37

French Cities, continued

Regions of France 24

Map of France 30

Paris 27

French Landmarks 28

Famous French People 48

French Art 12

French Music and Ballet 16

French Food 34

French History and Symbols 24

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