One of the basic tastes
The crossword clue "One of the basic tastes" is answered by SOUR, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SOUR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOUR answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SOUR
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOUR, most used first.
- Tart - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Tart-tasting - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Go bad - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Mouth-puckering - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Pucker-inducing - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Like lemons - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Off-key - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Whiskey cocktail - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Like Aesop's grapes - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Lip-puckering - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Whiskey drink - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Acerbic - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Peevish - used 12 times, most recently in 1998
- Like some grapes - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Go bad, as milk - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Like a lemon - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Pucker-producing - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Unpleasant - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Bar order - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Whiskey ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bitter - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Grumpy - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Tasting like lemons - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn bad - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Acidic - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Crabby - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a lime - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Vinegary - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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