The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALUM which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2015.
Astringent crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALUM | 81 % | 4 |
| ACERB | 5 % | 5 |
| HARSH | 3 % | 5 |
| ACRID | 2 % | 5 |
| STYPTIC | 2 % | 7 |
| ACID | 2 % | 4 |
| TART | 2 % | 4 |
| AUSTERE | 1 % | 7 |
| TANNIN | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Astringent
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- styptic
- hemostatic
- sharp
- sour
- acerb
- acerbic
- astringent drug
- catastaltic
- alum
- collyria
- gargles
- astringency
Crossword Answer definitions
ALUM noun- An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
- Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
- To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
- (shortening) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ALUM
- Fund-drive contact, perhaps
- Grad
- Graduate, for short
- Reunion attendee
- Topical astringent
- University grad
- Astringent
- Reunion member
- Styptic agent
- Homecoming attendee
More clues leading to the result ACERB
More clues leading to the result HARSH
- Severe
- Draconian
- Like many realities
- Abrasive
- Difficult on the ears
- Unduly severe
- Strict or stark
- Grating to the ear
- Far from lenient
- Unpleasantly severe
More clues leading to the result ACRID
- Biting
- Pungent
- Bitter
- Overly pungent
- Sharply stinging
- Unpleasantly pungent
- Like dogbane
- Acidic
- Caustic
- Too pungent
More clues leading to the result STYPTIC
- Pencil for shavers
- Kind of pencil that halts bleeding
- Pencil for shavers, but not little ones
- Kind of first-aid pencil
- It stops the bleeding
- Astringent.
- Astringent
- -- pencil (bleeding stopper)
- Pencil that halts bleeding
More clues leading to the result ACID
- Amino, boric, or citric
- Etcher's need
- Litmus reddener
- Nitric or sulfuric
- Bitter
- Etching fluid
- Kind of test
- Tangy
- Test type
- Word with rock or rain
More clues leading to the result TART
- Bite-sized pie
- Like a sourball
- Pop-__ (breakfast goodie)
- Causing a pucker
- Like a crab apple
- Like cranberries
- Lip-puckering
- Bakery treat
- Like pomegranate seeds
- Patisserie product
More clues leading to the result AUSTERE
- Astringent
- Self-disciplined
- Hardly lavish
- Strait-laced
- Forbidding
- Spartan
- Like Spartan living
- Stark
- Unadorned
- Like monastic life