| 100% | BAIRD | 5 | John Logie —, Scottish engineer and television pioneer |
| 96% | BAIRD | 5 | John Logie —, Scottish engineer and television pioneer who died in 1946 |
| 44% | WATT | 4 | Scottish engineer and inventor, d. 1819 |
| 40% | NEER | 4 | Common in engineer and pioneer |
| 40% | WATT | 4 | James —, Scottish engineer and inventor who improved the steam engine |
| 40% | WATT | 4 | James -, Scottish engineer and inventor who improved the steam engine |
| 37% | VONBRAUN | 8 | German V2 rocket engineer and space pioneer |
| 37% | MCADAM | 6 | Scottish inventor and road builder John Loudon ___ |
| 34% | CAROLSMILLIE | 12 | Scottish television presenter whose credits include Changing Rooms and Wheel of Fortune |
| 33% | GALT | 4 | John —, Scottish author of novels The Ayrshire Legatees and Annals of the Parish |
| 33% | MARTYCOOPER | 11 | American engineer and wireless communications pioneer who invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SMILLIE | 7 | Carol —, Scottish television presenter whose credits include Changing Rooms and Wheel of Fortune |
| 31% | ENNREITEL | 9 | Scottish actor who played the title role in 1980s television comedy series Mog and The Optimist |
| 31% | THREES | 6 | "___ Company," iconic ABC television show from the '70s featuring John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt |
| 30% | MARY | 4 | "___ Kay and Johnny," 1947 sitcom credited to be the pioneer of the genre on network television |
| 29% | MEDIA | 5 | Newspapers and television |
| 29% | MEDIA | 5 | Press and television |
| 29% | MEDIA | 5 | Film and television |
| 28% | SONYS | 5 | Some computers and televisions |
| 28% | IAN | 3 | Scottish John |
| 28% | OTTO | 4 | Nicolaus ___, German engineer and inventor |
| 28% | MEDIA | 5 | Newspapers and television, for example |
| 28% | AIRWAVES | 8 | Radio and television broadcast medium |
| 28% | MARIA | 5 | Activist and television journalist ___ Shriver |
| 28% | CURRENTEVENTS | 13 | Electrical engineers and news anchors? |
| 28% | GREET | 5 | Salute engineers and get out |
| 28% | RECEDES | 7 | Draws back engineers and yields |
| 28% | RAE | 3 | Scottish explorer John |
| 28% | EWAN | 4 | Scottish Gaelic John |
| 28% | TESLA | 5 | Pioneering electrical engineer |