___ acid
The crossword clue "___ acid" is answered by ACETIC, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACETIC
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACETIC answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ACETIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACETIC, most used first.
- Vinegary - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Like vinegar - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ acid (vinegar component) - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Containing vinegar - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Kind of acid - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Acid neutralizer - ALKALI, used 74 times
- Carbolic acid - PHENOL, used 23 times
- Kind of acid - NITRIC, used 12 times
- __ acid - NITRIC, used 9 times
- It turns red in acid - LITMUS, used 8 times
- Salt of a certain acid. - OLEATE, used 8 times
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