| 100% | MORSE | 5 | Samuel ___, American inventor who pioneered the single-wire telegraph system |
| 53% | BATH | 4 | Patricia ___, American inventor who pioneered the laser cataract surgery |
| 52% | DEAN | 4 | Mark ___, American inventor who pioneered the first one-gigahertz chip |
| 34% | HENRYFORD | 9 | American industrialist who pioneered the assembly line and founded the company that makes cars like the Fusion and the Explorer: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DEERE | 5 | John who pioneered the steel plow |
| 32% | WATT | 4 | Scot who pioneered the term "horsepower" |
| 31% | ENGELBART | 9 | Douglas ___, American engineer and internet pioneer who is credited for the invention of computer mouse |
| 31% | CERF | 4 | Vint ___, American Internet pioneer who is considered to be one of "the fathers of the Internet" |
| 31% | EDISON | 6 | Inventor who saw the light |
| 30% | DEBAKEY | 7 | Surgeon who pioneered the artificial human heart implant |
| 30% | IVES | 4 | American composer who pioneered in polytonality |
| 30% | MORSE | 5 | Telegraph pioneer Samuel |
| 30% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction, and wrote the poem, "The Raven": 3 wds. |
| 30% | PUTNAM | 6 | Herbert —, American librarian who originally developed the Library of Congress Classification system |
| 29% | COUSTEAU | 8 | French Explorer Jacques, who is known to be the inventor of the Aqua-lung and pioneer of marine conservation |
| 29% | LINUSYALE | 9 | American inventor of the modern pin-tumbler lock |
| 29% | TESLA | 5 | Inventor who died in The New Yorker Hotel |
| 29% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | American author who penned The Godfather |
| 29% | CHUCKBERRY | 10 | American songwriter who was one of the pioneers of Rock and Roll and was known for his song "Johnny B. Goode": 2 wds. |
| 28% | DONATI | 6 | Giovanni Battista —, 19th-century Italian astronomer who pioneered the spectroscopy of comets |
| 28% | MENDEL | 6 | Gregor who pioneered the study of genetics with his pea-plant experiments |
| 28% | PRICE | 5 | Leontyne —, American soprano who created the female title role in 1966 Samuel Barber opera Antony and Cleopatra |
| 28% | POE | 3 | American author who created the detective fiction genre |
| 28% | LAWS | 4 | Samuel ___, inventor of the stock ticker |
| 28% | FIRESTONE | 9 | Harvey Samuel ___, American businessman who founded the company that was one of the first global makers of automotive tires |
| 28% | ARDEN | 5 | Elizabeth who pioneered in the advertising of beauty aids |
| 28% | FERMAT | 6 | French mathematician who pioneered in the theory of probability |
| 28% | JIMHENSON | 9 | The American puppeteer who created The Muppets |
| 27% | JACKCOVER | 9 | American physicist who invented the Taser stun gun: 2 wds. |
| 27% | WALLISSIMPSON | 13 | American socialite who married the Duke of Windsor: 2 wds. |