Statistics for Answers Start with "Mel-"

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
To be changed from a solid to liquid state	melt	99%
A pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds	melody	94%
Australian city	Melbourne	90%
Plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, fleshy fruit	melon	87%
A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause	melancholy	77%
A dark brown to black pigment occurring in the hair and skin	melanin	66%
A malignant tumor associated with skin cancer	melanoma	66%
Fictional work in which emotions take priority over characterization	melodrama	64%
A hormone involved in synchronizing circadian rhythms	melatonin	63%
A confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle	melee	53%
Subregion of Oceania	Melanesia	52%
1992–1998 prime time soap opera with Heather Locklear	Melrose Place	52%
A mixture; a medley	melange	36%
An autonomous city of Spain in North Africa	Melilla	33%
A dry, crisp, thinly sliced rusk, often topped with cheese or pâté	{melba} {toast}	27%
Handheld musical instrument with keyboard that is blown into	melodica	23%
1995 diamond-certified double album by the Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	22%
Magnetic-tape-playing keyboard used on "Strawberry Fields Forever"	Mellotron	12%