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 |
| BITTER | 2 % | 6 |
| SHARP | 2 % | 5 |
| HARSH | 2 % | 5 |
| EROSIVE | 2 % | 7 |
| ACRIMONIOUS | 1 % | 11 |
| MORDANT | 1 % | 7 |
| SATIRIC | 1 % | 7 |
| CORRODENT | 1 % | 9 |
| ACIDULOUS | 1 % | 9 |
| SEDGED | 1 % | 6 |
| ASTRINGENT | 1 % | 10 |
| CORROSIVE | 1 % | 9 |
| BITING | 1 % | 6 |
| SNIDE | 1 % | 5 |
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 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 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 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!"
More clues leading to the result CORRODENT
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