Salty solution
The crossword clue "Salty solution" is answered by BRINE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. 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
BRINE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRINE answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- PICKLEBRINE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BRINE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRINE, most used first.
- Pickling solution - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Pickle juice - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Pickling liquid - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Seawater - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Pickling need - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Salty water - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Pickle. - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
- Salt water - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Pickling agent - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
- Pickler's solution - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Curing solution - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Pickler's need - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Salty expanse - OCEAN, used 18 times
- Taste that's not sweet, sour, bitter or salty - UMAMI, used 14 times
- Salty drops - TEARS, used 9 times
- Salon solution - RINSE, used 8 times
- Strength of a chemical solution - TITER, used 7 times
- Solution strength - TITER, used 6 times
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