The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ACRID , but the solution may also be SORE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Bitter crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACRID | 45 % | 5 |
| ACERB | 40 % | 5 |
| ACID | 3 % | 4 |
| ACIDIC | 1 % | 6 |
| SOUR | 1 % | 4 |
| GALLING | 1 % | 7 |
| SORE | 1 % | 4 |
| TART | 1 % | 4 |
| ACENB | 1 % | 5 |
| ALE | 1 % | 3 |
| CYNICAL | 1 % | 7 |
| COLD | 1 % | 4 |
| BEER | 1 % | 4 |
| NASTY | 1 % | 5 |
| IRONIC | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bitter
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- acerb
- acerbic
- acrid
- acrimonious
- acid
- painful
- sorrowful
- resentful
- bitingly
- hostile
- biting
- intolerable
Crossword Answer definitions
ACRID adjective- Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
- Causing heat and irritation.
- Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
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 ACRID
- Biting
- Pungent
- Bitter
- Overly pungent
- Sharply stinging
- Unpleasantly pungent
- Like dogbane
- Acidic
- Caustic
- Too pungent
More clues leading to the result ACERB
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 ACIDIC
- Sharp
- Tart-tasting
- Tart to the taste
- Bitter tasting
- Like apple juice
- Tart
- Tangy
- Having a low pH
- Far from basic?
- Sharp to the taste
More clues leading to the result SOUR
- Embitter
- Ill-humored
- Lemon-like
- Pucker-inducing
- Cranky
- Off-key
- Acerbic
- Whisky concoction
- Off, as milk
- Excessively acid
More clues leading to the result GALLING
More clues leading to the result SORE
- Aching
- Hot under the collar
- Saddle ____ (equestrian's woe)
- Ticked
- Ticked off
- Inflamed and painful
- Painful place
- Steamed
- Tender
- Touchy
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 ACENB
More clues leading to the result ALE
- "Cakes And ___"
- Bath beverage
- Bath beverage?
- Brewpub offering
- Cakes go-with
- Dart-player's quaff
- Drink served by the yard
- Festival at Fareham
- Hearty brew
- It has a head and hops?
More clues leading to the result CYNICAL
- Distrusting
- "In my 'Advanced Pharmacology' class, we were given a lecture on ___" (with 38 Across)
- Showing mockery
- Sardonic
- Critically contemptuous
- Bitter
- Hardly Pollyanna-ish
- Curmudgeonly
- Distrustful and gloomy.
- Misanthropic.
More clues leading to the result COLD
- "___ hands, warm heart"
- Rather unfriendly
- Unfriendly
- In need of warming?
- Standoffish
- Thing bad to catch
- Far from the treasure
- Common complaint?
- Lacking compassion
- Word before cream or comfort
More clues leading to the result BEER
- Brewed beverage
- Fermented beverage
- Stadium quencher
- Chaser, often
- Draft order
- Malt and hops brew
- With 27-Down, brewery event, and an apt title for this puzzle
- Round part?
- Singha, for one
- Cold one
More clues leading to the result NASTY
- Malicious
- Painful
- Particularly unpleasant
- Bitter
- Foul-smelling
- Not at all nice
- Mean-spirited
- Foul-tasking
- Vile
- Janet Jackson, 1986