superhot

S1U1P3E1R1H4O1T1

adjective

Extremely hot.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivesuperhot (not comparable)

alternative super-hot

  1. figurativelynot comparableoftenExtremely hot.

    The summer has been superhot for Hollywood, as the overall box office reached a record $4 billion, beating the 2004 record of $3.95 billion with one more weekend to go before summer is over.

    2007 August 27, “Arts, Briefly”, in New York Times
nounsuperhot (plural superhots)

plural superhots · alternative super-hot

  1. A very hot chili pepper.

    By the end of the season, my pod count finalized at 781 pods, or approximately thirteen pounds of superhots.

    2014, Dave DeWitt, Microfarming for Profit: From Garden to Glory, page 112
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    I buy a puree of ghost peppers from Dave's Gourmet, the makers of Dave's Insanity Sauce […] I blend it with cayenne and Vietnamese superhots to make a house hot sauce at Woodfire Grill.

    2012, Kevin Gillespie, David Joachim, Fire in My Belly: Real Cooking, page 241

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishhot
  8. Englishsuperhot

From super- + hot.

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APA

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MLA

“superhot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superhot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superhot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superhot.

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