| 100% | RUTHERFORD | 10 | Scientist and physicist Ernest ___ after whom the element Rf with atomic number 104 is named |
| 68% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Scientist and chemist after whom the element Cm with atomic number 96 is named: 2 wds. |
| 60% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Rutherford, New Zealand born physicist after whom the element with atomic number 104 was named |
| 56% | BOHRIUM | 7 | Element with atomic number 107 which was named after a Danish physicist who studied the structure of atoms |
| 55% | CURIUM | 6 | Element with atomic number 96 which was named after scientists who were extensively involved in the field of radioactivity |
| 52% | GEORGEBERKELEY | 14 | Scientist and philosopher whose name inspired the name of the city after which the element Bk with atomic number 97 is named: 2 wds. |
| 43% | FERMIUM | 7 | Element with atomic the number 100 which was named after an Italian-American pioneer of nuclear physics |
| 42% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 41% | FERMI | 5 | Enrico ___, Italian physicist who is known for creating the world's first nuclear reactor and has an element named after him |
| 36% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist Enrico after whom element #100 is named |
| 36% | LISE | 4 | ___ Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist who is known for her work on nuclear fission and has an element named after her |
| 35% | CURIE | 5 | Marie and Pierre ___, Polish and French scientists who are known for their research on radioactivity and have an element named after them |
| 32% | OHM | 3 | Georg Simon ___, physicist after whom the unit of resistance is named |
| 32% | FIRE | 4 | I'm one of the classical elements who is associated with heat and dryness |
| 31% | NOBEL | 5 | Alfred ___, Swedish chemist who is known for inventing dynamite and has an element named after him |
| 31% | SAM | 3 | Houston after whom the Texas city is named |
| 31% | POE | 3 | Writer after whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 31% | HENRY | 5 | Hudson after whom the Hudson River is named |
| 31% | PERRY | 5 | Antoinette after whom the Tony Awards are named |
| 31% | ABNEY | 5 | William de Wiveleslie —, scientist after whom the topographic — level is named |
| 30% | VINCE | 5 | Lombardi after whom the Super Bowl trophy is named |
| 30% | ALLAN | 5 | Edgar ___ Poe after whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 30% | VESPUCCI | 8 | Italian voyager after whom the New World was named |
| 30% | HELIUM | 6 | The element with the atomic number 2 |
| 30% | ERNEST | 6 | Physicist Rutherford after whom rutherfordium is named |
| 30% | MARK | 4 | ___ Twain, famous author who was friends with the scientist Nikola Tesla and often spent time in his lab |
| 30% | EARTH | 5 | I'm one of the classical elements who is associated with qualities of matter and the terrestrial world |
| 30% | MACADAM | 7 | John from Australia, after whom the macadamia nut was named |
| 30% | HANNIBAL | 8 | Horror thriller TV series named after the protagonist who is a forensic psychiatrist and cannibal played by Mads Mikkelsen |
| 30% | MAGNESIUM | 9 | Element with atomic number 12 and symbol Mg |