Bad thing to get in a wound

The answer

SALT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SALT answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SALT

Every other clue in this collection answered by SALT, most used first.

• Pretzel topping - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Shaker contents - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Pretzel topper - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• NaCl - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Pepper's partner - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Season - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Sodium chloride - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Tar - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• __ and pepper - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Shaker stuff - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Pretzel seasoning - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Shaker fill - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Ice melter - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Sea dog - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Margarita garnish - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Preserve, in a way - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Seasoning - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Pepper partner - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Arizona river. - used 12 times, most recently in 1976
• Common condiment - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Condiment. - used 11 times, most recently in 2000
• Skeptic's grain - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Popcorn seasoning - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Kitchen staple - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Pungency - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Pungent wit - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Sailor - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Seasoned sailor - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Seasoning in a shaker - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Table staple - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Veteran sailor - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Condiment in a shaker - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Mariner - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Save, with "away" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Cellar contents - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Common seasoning - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Flavor enhancer - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pepa's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Pungent humor - used 7 times, most recently in 1989
• Road deicer - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Wit - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• Coating on the rim of a margarita glass - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Dash in the kitchen - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Margarita option - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Needs more ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Pinch in the kitchen - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Preserve, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Put (away) - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Season, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Shaker filler - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Goes bad - ROTS, used 226 times
• "My bad!" - OOPS, used 191 times
• Get better - HEAL, used 156 times
• Thing - ITEM, used 153 times
• "Too bad!" - ALAS, used 136 times
• Get up - RISE, used 132 times

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