| 100% | THOMAS | 6 | __ Edison, American inventor |
| 98% | ALVA | 4 | American inventor, Thomas ___ Edison |
| 98% | ALVA | 4 | American inventor Thomas ___ Edison |
| 75% | TESLA | 5 | Serbian American inventor |
| 71% | DEERE | 5 | American inventor John ___ |
| 71% | ELIAS | 5 | American inventor Howe |
| 71% | ELI | 3 | American inventor ___ Whitney |
| 71% | ALVA | 4 | Thomas ___ Edison, American inventor and businessman, whose most famous invention is perhaps the electric light bulb |
| 66% | ELI | 3 | Early American inventor Whitney |
| 66% | TESLA | 5 | Serbian- American inventor Nikola |
| 66% | THOMAS | 6 | Inventor Edison |
| 64% | ALVA | 4 | Inventor Thomas ___ Edison |
| 63% | LINUSYALE | 9 | American inventor of the modern pin-tumbler lock |
| 63% | ALVA | 4 | American businessman Thomas ___ Edison |
| 61% | LONNIE | 6 | American Super Soaker inventor __ Johnson |
| 58% | BATH | 4 | Patricia ___, American inventor who pioneered the laser cataract surgery |
| 58% | SAMUELCOLT | 10 | American weaponry inventor of the nineteenth century |
| 57% | DEAN | 4 | Mark ___, American inventor who pioneered the first one-gigahertz chip |
| 57% | OTIS | 4 | Elisha —, American inventor of an elevator safety brake in 1852 |
| 57% | MORSE | 5 | Samuel ___, American inventor who pioneered the single-wire telegraph system |
| 56% | KNIGHT | 6 | Margaret __; "Lady Edison" paper-bag inventor |
| 55% | OTIS | 4 | Elisha Graves —, American inventor of an elevator who died in 1861 |
| 53% | TESLA | 5 | Serbian-American inventor |
| 53% | MORSE | 5 | American artist/inventor |
| 50% | THOMASEDISON | 12 | Prolific American inventor who lost most of his hearing at age 12: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ALVA | 4 | Thomas ___ Edison (inventor) |
| 48% | ALVA | 4 | Thomas ___ Edison (American businessman) |
| 45% | NAISMITH | 8 | James __; Canadian-American inventor of basketball |
| 43% | TESLA | 5 | Serbian-American inventor known for his coil |
| 39% | BAIRD | 5 | Color television inventor |