Taste or smell
The crossword clue "Taste or smell" is answered by SENSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SENSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SENSE answer page.
Used 22 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SENSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SENSE, most used first.
- Good judgment - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a feeling - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Feel - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Intuit - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a hunch - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Meaning - used 56 times, most recently in 2023
- Perceive - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Pick up on - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Taste or touch - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Import - used 38 times, most recently in 2017
- Have an inkling - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Pick up - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Reason - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Sight or smell - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Sight or hearing - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Get the feeling - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Detect - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Feeling - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Pleasant smell - AROMA, used 83 times
- Savory taste - UMAMI, used 65 times
- Enticing smell - AROMA, used 41 times
- Taste - SAPOR, used 28 times
- Smell - AROMA, used 26 times
- Enjoy the taste of - SAVOR, used 21 times
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