| 100% | SPHERE | 6 | Michael Crichton sci-fi novel about a round spaceship found on the ocean floor |
| 44% | JURASSICPARK | 12 | 1993 sci-fi adventure film about cloned dinosaurs which was based on a Michael Crichton novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ROE | 3 | Eggs found on the ocean floor, perhaps |
| 33% | SUNK | 4 | Like a ship on the ocean floor |
| 32% | SUNK | 4 | Like a ship on the ocean floor, rhymes with "dunk" |
| 32% | UNDERSEAS | 9 | On the ocean floor |
| 31% | OREO | 4 | 1974 Fran Ross novel about a biracial woman on a mission to find her Jewish father |
| 31% | SEAURCHIN | 9 | A spiny globular animal, lives on the ocean floor |
| 30% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DEEPSEADIVIDERS | 15 | Barriers on the ocean floor? |
| 30% | MOTHEROFPEARL | 13 | *Acre on the ocean floor |
| 30% | SANK | 4 | Ended up on the ocean floor |
| 30% | SUNK | 4 | Like ships on the ocean floor |
| 30% | FLOUNDER | 8 | Flatfish that feeds on the ocean floor |
| 29% | RED | 3 | 1988 British sci-fi comedy series about the adventures of the last human alive stranded on a mining spaceship: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BATFISH | 7 | Red-lipped __ use fins to walk on the ocean floor |
| 29% | WEB | 3 | "Charlotte's ___," 2006 film about a farm pig and spider, based on the eponymous children's novel |
| 29% | DUNE | 4 | Sci-fi franchise based on a Frank Herbert novel |
| 29% | GROUPERS | 8 | Large-mouthed fish that live on the ocean floor |
| 29% | TITLE | 5 | Found on the front of a book |
| 29% | SOLE | 4 | Found on the bottom of a shoe |
| 29% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | American dystopian sci-fi TV series starring Joel Kinnaman which is based on a novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WICKED | 6 | Broadway musical about the witches of Oz based on a novel by Gregory Maguire |
| 29% | THELOSTWORLD | 12 | Michael Crichton novel that spent eight weeks at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list in 1995 (3 wds.) |
| 28% | ATSEA | 5 | On the ocean, or in a fog (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ATSEA | 5 | On the ocean or in a fog (2 wds.) |
| 28% | DUNE | 4 | 1984 sci-fi movie based on a Frank Herbert novel |
| 28% | CRICHTON | 8 | Michael, writer of the sci-fi novel Jurassic Park |
| 28% | DUNE | 4 | Sci-fi novel set on the planet of Arrakis |
| 28% | EXPANSE | 7 | "The ___," sci-fi drama series about space that focuses on a political conflict between Earth and other planets |