| 100% | CHEMIST | 7 | Scientist who researches elements and compounds |
| 43% | CHEMIST | 7 | Scientist who creates potions with elements |
| 42% | REPORTER | 8 | Journalist who researches and conducts interviews |
| 41% | CURIE | 5 | Marie and Pierre ___, Polish and French scientists who are known for their research on radioactivity and have an element named after them |
| 41% | CHEMIST | 7 | Scientist who studies the transformations and reactions of substances |
| 41% | GEOLOGIST | 9 | Scientist who studies rocks and the Earth |
| 40% | GEODESISTS | 10 | Scientists who measure the exact shape and size of Earth |
| 39% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Scientist and chemist after whom the element Cm with atomic number 96 is named: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MARIATELKES | 11 | Scientist who invented and designed the first solar-powered home (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CURIE | 5 | Scientist Marie, who researched radioactivity |
| 37% | CHEMISTRY | 9 | Study of elements, compounds and energy |
| 36% | MARTIN | 6 | Dr. ___ Brenner, scientist who conducted experiments on his subjects including 1a and Eleven |
| 36% | NOBEL | 5 | Scientist for whom an element is named |
| 36% | RUTHERFORD | 10 | Scientist and physicist Ernest ___ after whom the element Rf with atomic number 104 is named |
| 35% | COLDPLAY | 8 | Band who had hits with The Scientist and Fix You |
| 35% | MAXLEVCHIN | 10 | Ukrainian born computer scientist and security expert who cofounded PayPal |
| 35% | ANALYSTS | 8 | Professionals who study reports and research |
| 34% | MASTERS | 7 | __ and Johnson, scientists who wrote about sex |
| 34% | NYE | 3 | TV scientist Bill who wrote "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" |
| 34% | LARRY | 5 | ___ Page, computer scientist and entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Google |
| 33% | LUC | 3 | Besson who directed "The Fifth Element" and "Lucy" |
| 33% | BRIN | 4 | Sergey ___, American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Google with 15a |
| 33% | HOPPER | 6 | Scientist and naval officer Grace ___ who was one of the first three pioneers in computer programming |
| 32% | FIRE | 4 | I'm one of the classical elements who is associated with heat and dryness |
| 32% | STEPHENHAWKING | 14 | British scientist who performed groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and authored "A Brief History of Time": 2 wds. |
| 32% | FLEMING | 7 | Scientist who discovered Penicillin |
| 31% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Polish-French scientist who won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2 wds.) |
| 31% | NOBEL | 5 | Alfred ___, Swedish chemist who is known for inventing dynamite and has an element named after him |
| 31% | BIOLOGIST | 9 | Scientist who studies living things |
| 31% | NOBEL | 5 | Scientist who discovered dynamite, Alfred __ |