| 100% | TAMAGOTCHI | 10 | Its inventors won an Ig Nobel prize “for diverting millions of person-hours of work into the husbandry of virtual pets” |
| 43% | TAMAGOTCHI | 10 | Virtual pet simulation game that won an Ig Nobel prize for its Japanese creators |
| 31% | BOHR | 4 | Niels who won the Nobel Prize for his model of the atom |
| 31% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 30% | STUDSTERKEL | 11 | US author and broadcaster whose work The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
| 29% | DORISLESSING | 12 | British author of "The Golden Notebook" who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BOHR | 4 | Surname of the father and son who won Nobel Prizes for Physics in 1922 and 1975 |
| 29% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | English author who won the Man Booker Prize for "The Sense of an Ending": 2 wds. |
| 28% | NEEL | 4 | Louis —, joint recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetism |
| 28% | ALVA | 4 | ___ Myrdal, co-winner of the 1982 Nobel Peace Prize for work with UN disarmament negotiations |
| 27% | HABER | 5 | Fritz —, winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements |
| 27% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | "As It Was" singer who won the People's Choice Award for Male Artist of 2022: 2 wds. |
| 26% | TERESA | 6 | Mother __ of Calcutta, won Nobel Prize for Peace |
| 26% | GEORGEPSMITH | 12 | American biologist who shared one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Gregory P. Winter, for work on phage display: 3 wds. |
| 26% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 26% | DYLAN | 5 | Bob who won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature |
| 26% | DYLAN | 5 | Singer Bob who won the Nobel prize for Literature |
| 25% | JAMESPALLISON | 13 | American immunologist who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Tasuku Honjo for discovery of a cancer therapy: 3 wds. |
| 25% | TAGORE | 6 | Indian poet who won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature |
| 25% | MUNRO | 5 | Canadian Alice who won the 2013 Nobel Prize for literature |
| 25% | JONFOSSE | 8 | Norwegian playwright who won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature |
| 25% | MANN | 4 | German writer Thomas who won the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature |
| 25% | MONDAY | 6 | The start of the work week for many people |
| 25% | PEARLSBUCK | 10 | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (3 wds.) |
| 25% | ONEILL | 6 | Eugene ___, 20th-century playwright who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936 |
| 25% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | First African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (2 wds.) |
| 25% | FRANCES | 7 | I was the former president of the NRDC and won the Rachel Carson Award in 2007 for my work as an environmentalist |
| 24% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "The Remains of the Day": 2 wds. |