The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ACRID , but the solution may also be ACID which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Stinging crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACRID | 61 % | 5 |
| ACID | 22 % | 4 |
| BEELIKE | 4 % | 7 |
| BARBED | 4 % | 6 |
| URTICANT | 4 % | 8 |
| NETTLY | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stinging
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- prickling
- tingling
- cutting
- painful
- edged
- unkind
- acrid
- harrowing
- angry
- irritated
- frustrated
- damning
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 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 BEELIKE
More clues leading to the result BARBED
- Sort of wire
- Like a fishing hook
- Like fence wire
- Kind of wire
- Like cow pasture wire
- Like fishhooks, as a rule
- Like some wire
- Like a fishhook
- Having spikes.
- Stinging