| 100% | DIRAC | 5 | Paul who won a Nobel in Physics |
| 66% | ERNEST | 6 | Hemingway who won a Nobel in Literature |
| 66% | NERUDA | 6 | Poet Pablo who won a Nobel in Literature |
| 62% | IRENE | 5 | Joliot-Curie who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry |
| 62% | DYLAN | 5 | Musician Bob who won a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 62% | HESSE | 5 | "Siddhartha" author Hermann ___ who won a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 62% | ALGORE | 6 | Former Vice-President who won a Nobel Prize in 2007 |
| 61% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | US writer who won a Nobel Prize in lit in 1954 |
| 61% | SATO | 4 | Japanese prime minister who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1974 |
| 57% | DIRAC | 5 | Paul who shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with Schrödinger |
| 53% | TERESA | 6 | Mother who won a Nobel Prize |
| 52% | LEMAT | 5 | Paul who won a Golden Globe for "American Graffiti" |
| 52% | BOHR | 4 | Surname of the father and son who won Nobel Prizes for Physics in 1922 and 1975 |
| 52% | SADAT | 5 | President who won a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 52% | HESSE | 5 | Hermann who won a Nobel for Literature |
| 52% | BRANDT | 6 | German chancellor who won a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 52% | TERESA | 6 | Mother ___ (nun who won a Nobel Peace Prize) |
| 52% | OBAMA | 5 | US president who won a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 52% | ALGORE | 6 | Vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 50% | TERESA | 6 | The Catholic nun and saint who won a Nobel prize |
| 50% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Polish-French scientist who won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2 wds.) |
| 50% | OSBORN | 6 | Dramatist Paul who won a Tony for "Morning's at Seven" |
| 49% | CELA | 4 | Spanish novelist who won a 1989 Nobel |
| 49% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ADDAMS | 6 | Jane who won a 1931 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 49% | AGEE | 4 | Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer in 1958 |
| 49% | LIZA | 4 | Minnelli who won a Tony Award in 2009 |
| 49% | ROBLOWE | 7 | Outsider who won a Golden Globe in 1987 |
| 48% | EVAN | 4 | Skater Lysacek who won a gold medal in Vancouver |
| 48% | HELEN | 5 | Actress Mirren who won a Tony Award in 2015 |