Like the ocean
The crossword clue "Like the ocean" is answered by SALTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 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 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 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
- Like seawater - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
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- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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