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Bitterly pungent

Answer: ACRID - 5 letters

The crossword clue "Bitterly pungent" is answered by ACRID, a 5-letter entry. Used 41 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

ACRID

ACRID

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACRID answer page.

41Times used
23Distinct years
2024Most recent year
14Publications

Used 41 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ACRID

Every other clue in this collection answered by ACRID, most used first.

  • Bitter - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
  • Pungent - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
  • Caustic - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
  • Sharp-smelling - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
  • Bitter-tasting - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
  • Sharp - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
  • Biting - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
  • Pungent-smelling - used 22 times, most recently in 2023

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