The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ACERB , but the solution may also be TART which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Universal uClick).
Sour crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACERB | 28 % | 5 |
| TART | 25 % | 4 |
| ACID | 18 % | 4 |
| ACRID | 5 % | 5 |
| SPOIL | 4 % | 5 |
| ACIDIC | 3 % | 6 |
| ACERBIC | 3 % | 7 |
| ACETIC | 3 % | 6 |
| GOBAD | 3 % | 5 |
| CURDLE | 2 % | 6 |
| MOROSE | 1 % | 6 |
| RANCID | 1 % | 6 |
| ACIDY | 1 % | 5 |
| EMBITTER | 1 % | 8 |
| ROT | 1 % | 3 |
| TURN | 1 % | 4 |
| ROTEN | 1 % | 5 |
| VINAIGROUS | 1 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sour
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rancid
- tart
- tartness
- acerb
- acerbic
- sullen
- morose
- saturnine
- glum
- moody
- ill-natured
- dour
Crossword Answer definitions
ACERB adjective- Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit.
- Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
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 ACERB
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 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 ACRID
- Biting
- Pungent
- Bitter
- Overly pungent
- Sharply stinging
- Unpleasantly pungent
- Like dogbane
- Acidic
- Caustic
- Too pungent
More clues leading to the result SPOIL
- "... and __ the child"
- Act the doting grandparent
- Go bad
- Turn
- Coddle
- Mollycoddle
- Go bad, as perishables
- Fail to discipline
- Ruin
- Pamper too much
More clues leading to the result ACIDIC
- Sharp
- Tart-tasting
- Tart to the taste
- Bitter tasting
- Like apple juice
- Tart
- Tangy
- Having a low pH
- Far from basic?
- Sharp to the taste
More clues leading to the result ACERBIC
- Bitter, as in taste
- Sour
- Bitter tasting
- Biting
- Like grapefruits
- Tart
- Bitterly harsh
- Harsh, as criticism
- Harsh
- Biting, as criticism
More clues leading to the result ACETIC
- Kind of acid
- Containing vinegar
- Sour
- Full of vinegar
- Vinegary
- Of vinegar
- ___ acid (vinegar, essentially)
- ___ acid (main component of vinegar)
- Acid
- Vinegary, as acid
More clues leading to the result GOBAD
- Rot
- Turn to the dark side
- Spoil
- Turn, in a kitchen
- Putrefy
- Become inedible
- Turn to a life of crime, say
- Curdle, as milk
- Turn stale
- Curdle
More clues leading to the result CURDLE
More clues leading to the result MOROSE
More clues leading to the result RANCID
- Bad-tasting
- Foul-smelling
- Putrid
- Not palatable
- Like old butter
- Like bad butter
- Like bad milk
- Sour
- Stale-smelling
- Causing serious nose-wrinkling
More clues leading to the result ACIDY
- Sour, as a stomach
- Sharp
- Rather sour
- Sour
- Tasting sharp
- Sharp; bitter
- Like some upset stomachs
- A little sharp
- Sharp or sour in taste
- Sourish
More clues leading to the result EMBITTER
- Excite hate
- Rankle
- Cause hard feelings
- Acidulate
- Sour
- Aggravate.
- Exacerbate.
- Make resentful.
- Exacerbate
- Cause hostile feelings