The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DRY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Not sweet, as wine crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRY | 56 % | 3 |
| SEC | 44 % | 3 |
Why may DRY be the right solution?
"Dry" is the right answer because in wine terminology, "dry" refers to a wine that is not sweet, meaning it has little to no residual sugar.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not sweet, as wine
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dry
- astringent
- tart
- sharp
- acidity
- acid
- potent
- tort
- sharpness
- pungent
- acrid
- sour
Crossword Answer definitions
DRY noun- The process by which something is dried.
- A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (with "the") The dry season.
- An area of waterless country.
- (UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- To lose moisture.
- To remove moisture from.
- To be thirsty.
- To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
- For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.
- 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 DRY
- Saharan
- Unbuttered
- Dock or cell
- Unbuttered toast
- Alcohol-free
- Boring
- Not drinking
- Opposite of 41-Down
- Out of ideas
- Teetotaling