The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DRIER , but the solution may also be SOURER which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in New York Times).
Less sweet crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRIER | 50 % | 5 |
| SOURER | 50 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Less sweet
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unsweetened
- unsweet
- drier
- candy
- lactose
- galactose
- sweeten
- damson
- candied
- cool
- drop
- flat
Crossword Answer definitions
DRIER noun- One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.
- A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
- An electric hair dryer.
- Any other device or substance, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity.
- A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk.
- Built without or lacking mortar.
- Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- Athirst, eager.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result DRIER
- With less moisture
- Cracking more, say
- Less moist
- Less rainy
- Less sweet, at a wine tasting
- Like a cabernet vis-à-vis a merlot, usually
- Less humid
- Moisture remover
- More in need of a drink
- Not as wet