| 100% | NIOBE | 5 | Queen for whom an element is named |
| 83% | NOBEL | 5 | Scientist for whom an element is named |
| 79% | NIOBE | 5 | Character of myth for whom an element is named |
| 65% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | Perry for whom an award is named |
| 63% | ADAM | 4 | For whom an anatomical "apple" is named |
| 61% | AMELIABLOOMER | 13 | Suffragette for whom an undergarment was named: 2 wds. |
| 61% | NOBEL | 5 | Inventor for whom element #102 was named |
| 60% | GAUSS | 5 | Physicist for whom an induction unit is named |
| 60% | APGAR | 5 | Virginia for whom an infant test is named |
| 60% | TASMAN | 6 | Explorer for whom an Australian state is named |
| 60% | ROTH | 4 | Senator William for whom an IRA is named |
| 60% | CYRIL | 5 | Russian saint for whom an alphabet is named |
| 59% | NIMITZ | 6 | Fleet admiral for whom an aircraft carrier is named |
| 59% | ROSS | 4 | British explorer for whom an Antarctic sea is named |
| 59% | OSCAR | 5 | Uncle for whom an annual award is supposedly named |
| 59% | ENYA | 4 | Singer for whom an Orinoco River fish was named |
| 59% | MIAMIS | 6 | Great Lakes natives for whom an Ohio county is named |
| 59% | FDR | 3 | Prez for whom an N.Y.C. drive is named |
| 59% | OZAWA | 5 | Conductor for whom an annual Japanese music festival is named |
| 58% | ODOUL | 5 | Batting champ Lefty for whom an Oracle Park plaza is named |
| 58% | OHARE | 5 | Fighter pilot Edward for whom an airport is named |
| 57% | BROCA | 5 | French physician Paul for whom an area of the brain is named |
| 56% | ASHE | 4 | Arthur ___ (tennis player for whom a Queens stadium is named) |
| 56% | RIIS | 4 | Muckraker Jacob for whom a park in Queens is named |
| 55% | DORIA | 5 | Andrea ___, admiral known as the liberator of Genoa for whom an ill-fated ship was named |
| 53% | JAIME | 5 | Pressly who won an Emmy for “My Name Is Earl” |
| 51% | POE | 3 | For whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 51% | POE | 3 | For whom the Edgar awards are named |
| 50% | POE | 3 | For whom the Edgar was named |
| 50% | OLDS | 4 | For whom the REO was named |