The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SALT , but the solution may also be TANG which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in LA Times).
Pungency crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SALT | 35 % | 4 |
| TANG | 35 % | 4 |
| BITE | 12 % | 4 |
| ARNESS | 4 % | 6 |
| ODOR | 4 % | 4 |
| ACRIDITY | 4 % | 8 |
| RACINESS | 4 % | 8 |
| TARTNESS | 4 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pungency
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bite
- acridity
- sharpness
- tang
- pungent
- piquancy
- astringency
- spiciness
- sweetness
- peppery
- sourness
- muskiness
Crossword Answer definitions
SALT noun- A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- A sailor (also old salt).
- Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
- A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
- Flavour; taste; seasoning.
- Piquancy; wit; sense.
- A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
- Skepticism and common sense.
- Indignation; outrage; arguing.
- To add salt to.
- To deposit salt as a saline solution.
- To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- To include colorful language in.
- To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
- Salty; salted.
- Saline.
- Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
- Bitter; sharp; pungent.
- Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
- Costly; expensive.
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 SALT
- NaCI
- NaCl
- Seadog
- Skeptic's grain
- 1972 pact
- Popcorn add-on
- Pretzel topper
- Season
- Soluble compound
- It melts the ice
More clues leading to the result TANG
- Space drink
- Space juice
- Surgeonfish
- Zest
- Astronaut's drink
- Zest in a backwards GNAT?
- Chinese dynasty
- Kool-Aid competitor
- Flavor to remember
- Tart taste
More clues leading to the result BITE
- Insect sting
- Letter-carrier's occupational hazard
- Quick meal
- __ the dust (be defeated)
- Mark of Dracula
- Put some teeth into
- Sharpness
- Chomp
- Sound __ (brief broadcast)
- Take the bait
More clues leading to the result ARNESS
- "Gunsmoke" star
- Pungency
- James of "Them!"
- Gunsmoke star
- "The Thing" portrayer James
- James of "Gunsmoke"
- James who played The Thing
- Marshal Dillon portrayer
- Peter Graves's brother James
- "Gunsmoke" star James
More clues leading to the result ODOR
- Aroma
- Bouquet
- Emanation
- Fragrance
- Gorgonzola emanation
- Pervasive quality
- Polecat's defense
- Redolence
- Right Guard's target
- Scent