| 100% | FIERY | 5 | Like peppers that are hot, hot, hot! |
| 69% | SERRANOS | 8 | Peppers that are hotter than jalapeños on the Scoville scale |
| 63% | TROPICAL | 8 | Climate that is hot and humid, like in Bora Bora |
| 62% | CHILI | 5 | Hot dish that sounds like it should be cold |
| 61% | SCOVILLE | 8 | Scale that measures how hot a pepper is |
| 59% | CHILE | 5 | Country that sounds like a hot pepper |
| 56% | TINY | 4 | "___ Dancer," song by Elton John that was covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 56% | TEARJERKER | 10 | 1995 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers that was a tribute to Nirvana's lead singer, Kurt Cobain |
| 55% | BELL | 4 | ___ pepper, popular Capsicum species added to dishes like pizza and fajita, that is packed with 94% water |
| 54% | OVINE | 5 | Like ones that are fleeced |
| 54% | UNPAID | 6 | Like bills that are overdue |
| 54% | SORE | 4 | Like muscles that are achy |
| 54% | ORAL | 4 | Like medicines that are swallowed |
| 54% | PERISHABLE | 10 | Like food that will decay |
| 54% | DUE | 3 | Like homework that is pending |
| 54% | PERISHABLE | 10 | Like food that will spoil |
| 54% | TEARJERKER | 10 | 1995 Red Hot Chili Peppers song that was a tribute to Nirvana's lead singer Kurt Cobain |
| 54% | MIOTIC | 6 | Like pupils that are too small |
| 54% | VINYL | 5 | Like records that are easily broken? |
| 54% | UNREAD | 6 | Like emails that are in bold |
| 54% | NOBLE | 5 | Like gases that are hardly reactive |
| 54% | BELOWZERO | 9 | Like temperatures that are beyond freezing |
| 54% | UNMET | 5 | Like needs that are not fulfilled |
| 54% | ILLGOTTEN | 9 | Like gains that are illegally obtained |
| 54% | SOFT | 4 | Like cheese that is not hard |
| 53% | FREE | 4 | Like things that are on the house |
| 53% | UNEVEN | 6 | Like bars that are often near horses |
| 53% | BONY | 4 | Like fish that are difficult to eat |
| 53% | CLOSE | 5 | Like games that are anybody's game |
| 53% | NEGATIVE | 8 | Like numbers that are less than 0 |