Like seawater
The crossword clue "Like seawater" is answered by SALTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SALTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SALTY answer page.
Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SALTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SALTY, most used first.
- Piquant - used 28 times, most recently in 2014
- Brackish - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Like bar snacks - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Like pretzels - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Off-color - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Laced with profanity - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Like most pretzels - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like potato chips - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Like the ocean - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
- Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
- Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
- Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
- Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times
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