| 100% | HERMES | 6 | Deity credited with inventing the lyre |
| 57% | BOSANQUET | 9 | B J T —, England Test cricketer credited with inventing the googly |
| 54% | ENO | 3 | William ___, credited with inventing the stop sign and the one way street, despite not driving himself |
| 48% | HERMES | 6 | Greek god who invented the lyre |
| 41% | CRISIS | 6 | Credit deity with emergency |
| 40% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Italian credited with discovering the Americas |
| 39% | NERO | 4 | Unpopular Roman emperor credited with the burning of Rome |
| 39% | KCAR | 4 | Product credited with saving the Chrysler Corporation |
| 39% | OLMEC | 5 | Mesoamerican culture that is credited with the invention of popcorn |
| 38% | WRIGHT | 6 | The brothers credited with flying the first plane |
| 38% | BETSYROSS | 9 | Woman credited with sewing the first US flag |
| 38% | EMMETT | 6 | Dan —, composer credited with the song Dixie who died in 1904 |
| 38% | NERDCULTURE | 11 | It could be credited with the popularity of crosswords among millennials |
| 38% | PLINYTHEELDER | 13 | Early encyclopedist credited with coining "Home is where the heart is" |
| 37% | FDIC | 4 | It has a $100 billion line of credit with the Treasury Dept. |
| 37% | VISA | 4 | Credit card with the slogan "Everywhere you want to be" |
| 37% | MENES | 5 | Egyptian king credited with founding the First Dynasty |
| 37% | COLUMBUS | 8 | He's credited with discovering the "New World" |
| 37% | WRIGHT | 6 | Orville —, US aviator who, with brother Wilbur, is credited with inventing the aeroplane |
| 36% | HARGREAVES | 10 | James —, 18th-century English weaver credited with the invention of the spinning jenny |
| 36% | MARYQUANT | 9 | English fashion designer credited with the design of the miniskirt and hot pants |
| 36% | PRIESTLEY | 9 | Joseph —, English chemist born in 1733 often credited with the discovery of oxygen |
| 36% | TOHO | 4 | Japanese film and theater production which is credited with the creation of Godzilla |
| 36% | GIGI | 4 | Musical with the song "The Night They Invented Champagne" |
| 36% | CITI | 4 | Letters on some credit cards with the red arc |
| 35% | IMHOTEP | 7 | Egyptian architect credited with building the Step Pyramid at Saqqara |
| 35% | AMEX | 4 | Credit card with the former slogan "Don't leave home without it," familiarly |
| 34% | NADAR | 5 | French balloonist born Gaspard-Felix Tournachon credited with having taken the first aerial photographs in 1858 |
| 34% | AMEX | 4 | Credit card with the former slogan "Don't leave home without it," for short |
| 34% | BETSY | 5 | Ross who is credited with creating the first American flag |