The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ACRID , but the solution may also be HARSH which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Caustic crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACRID | 31 % | 5 |
| LYE | 23 % | 3 |
| TART | 14 % | 4 |
| ERODENT | 9 % | 7 |
| ACERB | 6 % | 5 |
| ACID | 4 % | 4 |
| HARSH | 2 % | 5 |
| EROSIVE | 2 % | 7 |
| BITTER | 2 % | 6 |
| SHARP | 2 % | 5 |
| ACIDULOUS | 1 % | 9 |
| SEDGED | 1 % | 6 |
| ASTRINGENT | 1 % | 10 |
| CORROSIVE | 1 % | 9 |
| BITING | 1 % | 6 |
| SNIDE | 1 % | 5 |
| ACRIMONIOUS | 1 % | 11 |
| MORDANT | 1 % | 7 |
| SATIRIC | 1 % | 7 |
| CORRODENT | 1 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Caustic
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- corrosive
- erosive
- blistering
- venomous
- virulent
- acid
- bitter
- acerb
- destructive
- acerbic
- acrid
- vitriolic
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 LYE
- Bite
- Caustic cleaner
- Caustic substance
- Potent unclogger
- Soapmaker's solution
- Sodium hydroxide
- Strong alkali
- Caustic soda
- Drano, essentially
- Potassium hydroxide
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 ERODENT
- Tending to wear away
- Caustic
- Causing to wear away
- Causing disintegration
- Naturally wearing down
- Like the power of the wind
- Tending to wash out
- Causing corrosion
- Like wind and surf
- Like the wind
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 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 EROSIVE
- Cutting
- Like wind and water
- Soil-exposing
- Tending to wear away
- What wind can be
- Like lye
- Like the wind
- Wearing away
- Causing disintegration
- Causing corrosion
More clues leading to the result BITTER
- Tasting like quinine
- Like some pills
- Acrimonious
- Resentful
- With 22-Across, seder plate item
- Kind of pill
- Hostile
- Like the taste of aspirin
- Harboring a grudge
- Caustic
More clues leading to the result SHARP
- On the dot
- Out of tune
- Off key
- On, as a pitcher
- A little high in music class?
- Like the cutting edge
- Higher than normal
- On the ball
- What # may indicate
- Pitched too high
More clues leading to the result ACIDULOUS
More clues leading to the result SEDGED
More clues leading to the result ASTRINGENT
- Harshly biting
- Sharp; harsh
- Caustic
- Cause of shrinkage
- Styptic.
- Skin cleaner
- Harsh
- Skin cleanser component
- Sour or bitter in taste
- Aftershave, e.g.
More clues leading to the result CORROSIVE
More clues leading to the result BITING
- Harsh, as a wind
- Caustic.
- Sarcastic
- Heavily satirical
- Like a winter wind
- Harsh, as winter winds
- Acerbic
- Sharply painful, as frigid weather
- Sharp, like a cold wind
- Acerb
More clues leading to the result SNIDE
- Contemptuous
- Cynical
- Derogatory
- Caustic, as a remark
- Sassy
- Dismissive
- Sarcastic
- Like some remarks
- Rudely sarcastic
- Nasty
More clues leading to the result ACRIMONIOUS
More clues leading to the result MORDANT
- Sharply sarcastic, as wit
- Biting
- Sarcastic.
- Cutting.
- Bitterly sarcastic.
- Sarcastic, as speech, wit, etc.
- Scathing
- Caustic in manner
- Bitingly sarcastic
- Sharply sarcastic
More clues leading to the result SATIRIC
- Like Mad
- Tongue-in-cheek
- Like a pasquinade
- Like "Gulliver's Travels"
- Like "Don Quixote," e.g.
- Like Mort Sahl's humor
- Like a comedy routine by 56-Across
- Mocking
- Cutting
- Like the movie "Airplane!"