| 100% | PHYSICIST | 9 | Scientist who studies a natural science |
| 47% | BIOLOGIST | 9 | Scientist who studies living things |
| 46% | GEOLOGIST | 9 | Scientist who studies rocks and the Earth |
| 44% | CHEMIST | 7 | Scientist who studies the transformations and reactions of substances |
| 43% | ISAACNEWTON | 11 | Scientist who experienced a great fall? |
| 43% | CORIOLIS | 8 | Eponymous scientist who studied the behavior of moving bodies |
| 42% | SCIENTISTS | 10 | People who study natural phenomena |
| 41% | SALK | 4 | Scientist who won a 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 41% | BOPP | 4 | Scientist who, with Hale, spotted a comet in 1995 |
| 40% | EVACRANE | 8 | Nuclear scientist who was also a bee scientist |
| 40% | BOTANISTS | 9 | Those who study the science of plant life |
| 39% | AVOGADRO | 8 | Italian scientist who lent his name to a number |
| 39% | LEO | 3 | Sort who's a natural leader, supposedly |
| 39% | EWE | 3 | Female who wears a natural wool coat |
| 39% | ISAAC | 5 | Scientist Newton who studied gravity |
| 38% | NEVECAMPBELL | 12 | "Scream" actress who studied ballet as a child: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NYE | 3 | Celebrity scientist who took a class with Sagan |
| 38% | NYE | 3 | Scientist Bill who always wears a bow tie |
| 38% | LAWYER | 6 | A person who practices or studies legal matters |
| 38% | PENELOPECRUZ | 12 | "Vanilla Sky" actress who studied ballet as a child: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NATALIEPORTMAN | 14 | "Black Swan" actress who studied ballet as a child: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BROCA | 5 | Scientist for whom a part of the brain is named |
| 37% | GEOLOGIST | 9 | A person who studies the earth and rocks |
| 37% | NYE | 3 | Bill who promotes science on a Netflix show |
| 37% | NYE | 3 | Bill who's a science expert |
| 37% | SAGAN | 5 | Scientist who said "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark" |
| 36% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | Science fiction author who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey": 3 wds. |
| 36% | DROPOUT | 7 | A student who has abandoned conventional course of study: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ONION | 5 | Vegetable often studied with a microscope in science classes |
| 36% | NYE | 3 | Scientist Bill who wears a bow tie |