| 100% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Rutherford, New Zealand born physicist after whom the element with atomic number 104 was named |
| 58% | RUTHERFORD | 10 | Scientist and physicist Ernest ___ after whom the element Rf with atomic number 104 is named |
| 57% | BOHRIUM | 7 | Element with atomic number 107 which was named after a Danish physicist who studied the structure of atoms |
| 51% | CURIUM | 6 | Element with atomic number 96 which was named after scientists who were extensively involved in the field of radioactivity |
| 46% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Scientist and chemist after whom the element Cm with atomic number 96 is named: 2 wds. |
| 45% | FERMIUM | 7 | Element with atomic the number 100 which was named after an Italian-American pioneer of nuclear physics |
| 37% | OHM | 3 | Georg Simon ___, physicist after whom the unit of resistance is named |
| 36% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 35% | OHM | 3 | Georg Simon ___, German physicist after whom the unit of electrical resistance was named |
| 35% | VESPUCCI | 8 | Italian voyager after whom the New World was named |
| 34% | FERMI | 5 | Enrico ___, Italian physicist who is known for creating the world's first nuclear reactor and has an element named after him |
| 33% | ERNEST | 6 | Physicist Rutherford after whom rutherfordium is named |
| 33% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist Enrico after whom element #100 is named |
| 33% | PAUL | 4 | Beatle who was born with the first name James |
| 32% | GEORGEBERKELEY | 14 | Scientist and philosopher whose name inspired the name of the city after which the element Bk with atomic number 97 is named: 2 wds. |
| 31% | HELIUM | 6 | The element with the atomic number 2 |
| 30% | SAM | 3 | Houston after whom the Texas city is named |
| 30% | PERRY | 5 | Antoinette after whom the Tony Awards are named |
| 30% | POE | 3 | Writer after whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 30% | HENRY | 5 | Hudson after whom the Hudson River is named |
| 30% | EUROPIUM | 8 | Element with the atomic number 63 |
| 30% | TIN | 3 | Element with the atomic number 50 |
| 30% | AMPERE | 6 | French physicist after whom an electric unit is named |
| 30% | VINCE | 5 | Lombardi after whom the Super Bowl trophy is named |
| 30% | ALLAN | 5 | Edgar ___ Poe after whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 30% | ASHE | 4 | Arthur, the king of tennis after whom the stadium in New York has been named |
| 29% | GAUSS | 5 | German physicist after whom a unit of magnetism is named |
| 29% | MACADAM | 7 | John from Australia, after whom the macadamia nut was named |
| 29% | LORDE | 5 | Singer from New Zealand who was the youngest solo artist to achieve a number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1987 |