| 100% | ENTROPY | 7 | Degree of randomness, in science |
| 63% | ARTS | 4 | Master of ___ in Library Science (post-college degree) |
| 54% | ACCENT | 6 | Degree of prominence in words, phrases |
| 54% | ENTROPY | 7 | Degree of disorder in a system |
| 54% | DAN | 3 | Degree of expertise in martial arts |
| 54% | SEMIRARE | 8 | Degree of uncommonness, in some games |
| 53% | ANGELAMERKEL | 12 | German chancellor who earned a doctoral degree in quantum chemistry from the German Academy of Sciences: 2 wds. |
| 53% | FIZZINESS | 9 | Degree of bubbles in a soft drink |
| 52% | BACONNUMBER | 11 | Degrees of separation in a Hollywood parlor game |
| 48% | CRYOSLEEP | 9 | In science fiction, suspended animation of a body at a very low temperature |
| 47% | ACUTE | 5 | In mathematics, an angle of less than 90 degrees |
| 47% | ACOUSTICS | 9 | The science of sound, used in music |
| 47% | FORENSIC | 8 | Type of science used in criminal investigations |
| 47% | ALCHEMY | 7 | Branch of science Nicholas Flamel worked in |
| 47% | ICS | 3 | Suffix in the names of many sciences |
| 47% | ENE | 3 | 67.5 degrees, in terms of direction |
| 47% | NINETY | 6 | Number of degrees in a right angle |
| 46% | FORTYFIVE | 9 | Number of degrees in half a right angle |
| 46% | THETA | 5 | Kind of radiation, in science fiction |
| 46% | LAURA | 5 | ___ Bassi, first woman to earn a doctorate in science (University of Bologna, 1732) |
| 45% | OLOGY | 5 | Suffix of science branches as in bio and psych |
| 45% | ISAAC | 5 | Big name in the ''Giants of Science ''book series |
| 45% | ANGLE | 5 | The edge of a geometrical shape, measured in degrees |
| 45% | SYNTAX | 6 | Set of rules in linguistics; computer science |
| 45% | NINETY | 6 | Latitude in degrees of the North pole |
| 44% | NEO | 3 | Hero of three science fiction movies in 1999 and 2003 |
| 44% | HARVARD | 7 | Granter of an honorary degree to George Washington in 1776 |
| 44% | SIXTY | 5 | Number of degrees in each angle of an equilateral triangle |
| 44% | LATITUDE | 8 | Angular distance in degrees north or south of the equator |
| 44% | BIOETHICS | 9 | Study of morality in medicine and life sciences |