Fruity-smelling compound
The crossword clue "Fruity-smelling compound" is answered by ESTER, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ESTER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESTER answer page.
Used 24 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ESTER
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESTER, most used first.
- Fragrant compound - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
- Chemical compound - used 115 times, most recently in 2005
- Organic compound - used 93 times, most recently in 2025
- Perfume compound - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Aromatic compound - used 60 times, most recently in 2022
- Banana oil, e.g. - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Perfume ingredient - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Acid-alcohol compound - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Banana oil, for one - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Chemical compound - AMINE, used 33 times
- Sharp-smelling - ACRID, used 31 times
- Foul-smelling - FETID, used 30 times
- Nitrogen compound - AMINE, used 27 times
- Chemical compound. - OXIDE, used 26 times
- Pungent-smelling - ACRID, used 22 times
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