Harsh-smelling
The crossword clue "Harsh-smelling" is answered by ACRID, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACRID
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACRID answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ACRID
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACRID, most used first.
- Bitter - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Pungent - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Bitterly pungent - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Sharp-smelling - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Bitter-tasting - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Biting - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
- Pungent-smelling - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Unpleasantly pungent - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Foul-smelling - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Bitter-smelling - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Stinging - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Sharp-tasting - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Like the smell of burning rubber - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Like burning rubber - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Having a sharp taste - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Nose-burning - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharply stinging - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Sour - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Exceedingly caustic - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Sharp on the tongue - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Unpleasantly bitter - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Harsh light - GLARE, used 36 times
- Foul-smelling - FETID, used 30 times
- Harsh - STERN, used 26 times
- Fruity-smelling compound - ESTER, used 24 times
- Harsh - ACERB, used 23 times
- Smelling ___ - SALTS, used 20 times
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