| 100% | MILD | 4 | Like the first sauce on "Hot Ones" |
| 68% | SPICY | 5 | Like many of the sauces on "Hot Ones" |
| 60% | APT | 3 | Like the song “One Week” spending one week on top of the Billboard Hot 100, say |
| 57% | LASTING | 7 | Impressions like the first ones |
| 55% | 99TH | 4 | Like the first bottle of beer on the wall |
| 52% | HANGED | 6 | Like the man on one of the tarot cards |
| 51% | POLECAR | 7 | First one out on the track |
| 50% | TAKE | 4 | One may be hot on the Internet |
| 50% | BAREFOOT | 8 | Like one strolling on the beach, probably |
| 50% | LUCKY | 5 | Like getting the Wordle on your first guess |
| 49% | ALDRIN | 6 | One of the first men on the moon, Buzz |
| 49% | SOT | 3 | Like Barney Gumble on the "The Simpsons," for one |
| 48% | SALESCLERKS | 11 | Ones who'd like to get the goods on you |
| 48% | YEA | 3 | One on the first side to vote, usually |
| 48% | TRACK | 5 | "Lavender Haze" is the first one on Taylor Swift's 2022 album "Midnights" |
| 48% | PTBOATS | 7 | Vessels like the one JFK served on in World War II: 2 wds. |
| 48% | NONBINARY | 9 | Like Basit on “Are You the One?” and Taylor on “Billions” |
| 47% | TENNESSEE | 9 | First name of the writer of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| 47% | SKATE | 5 | Enjoy the ice rink, like on a hot summer day |
| 47% | DUE | 3 | Like rent on the first of the month |
| 46% | TEE | 3 | Rounds begin on the first one |
| 46% | ICEICEBABY | 10 | First single by a rapper to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 46% | MONO | 4 | Like the first LPs |
| 46% | OLDEST | 6 | Like the first-born |
| 45% | EARLIEST | 8 | Like the first in the room |
| 45% | SILENT | 6 | Like the first "d" in "Wednesday" |
| 45% | INF | 3 | Like the first two "Brandenburg" Concertos |
| 45% | SWUM | 4 | Like the first leg of triathlons |
| 45% | YEMENI | 6 | Like the first mocha coffee beans |
| 44% | DUE | 3 | Like many payments on the first of the month |