| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CARDAMOM | Pungent spice | |
| CLOVE | Pungent spice bud | |
| PUNGENT | Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. | |
| SPICE | To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit. | |
| ALLSPICE | The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica peppe... | |