| 100% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint with an alphabet named after him |
| 82% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint with an alphabet named for him |
| 65% | OHENRY | 6 | Writer with an award named after him |
| 65% | REAGAN | 6 | President with an airport named after him |
| 65% | BOHR | 4 | Physicist with an element named after him |
| 65% | SAX | 3 | Adolphe with an instrument named after him |
| 60% | TASMAN | 6 | Dutch explorer with an island named after him |
| 52% | WATT | 4 | James with an electrical unit named after him |
| 50% | OHM | 3 | Physicist Georg with an electrical law named after him |
| 49% | EULER | 5 | Mathematician with a formula named after him |
| 49% | ISAAC | 5 | Newton with a law named after him |
| 49% | EIFFEL | 6 | Gustave with a tower named after him |
| 49% | WEBER | 5 | Physicist with a unit named after him |
| 49% | PENN | 4 | William with a state named after him |
| 49% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor with a coil named after him |
| 49% | ASHE | 4 | Arthur with a stadium named after him |
| 49% | TSO | 3 | General with a dish named after him |
| 49% | PETRI | 5 | Bacteriologist with a dish named after him |
| 49% | ELI | 3 | Broad with an L.A. museum named after him |
| 48% | ISRAEL | 6 | Jacob's name after he wrestled with the angel |
| 48% | WARSAW | 6 | Capital with an airport named after Chopin |
| 48% | OHM | 3 | Physicist Georg with an electrical resistance law named after him |
| 47% | STU | 3 | Name spelled with an alphabet sequence |
| 47% | IBEAM | 5 | Construction piece named after an alphabet: Hyph. |
| 46% | CHARLESRICHTER | 14 | Seismologist with an earthquake-measuring "scale" named after him: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ROSS | 4 | Explorer with an Antarctic Sea named for him |
| 46% | TOAST | 5 | Browned bread with an appliance named after it |
| 45% | TESLA | 5 | Nikola ___ (scientist with an electric car company named after him) |
| 45% | IONIA | 5 | Ancient region with an architectural style named after it |
| 45% | SABLE | 5 | Mercury sedan named after an animal with smooth fur |