Distinctive flavor
The crossword clue "Distinctive flavor" is answered by TANG, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TANG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TANG answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TANG
Every other clue in this collection answered by TANG, most used first.
- Sharp taste - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Zesty flavor - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp flavor - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Tart flavor - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Piquancy - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
- Zest - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Chinese dynasty - used 27 times, most recently in 2006
- Bite - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Zingy taste - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
- Strong flavor - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Tart taste - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Powdered drink - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Zesty taste - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Astronaut's drink - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Pungency - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Space drink - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Strong taste - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Flavor. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Zip - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Astronaut's beverage - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Drink in space - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Zesty bite - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Spiciness - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Zingy flavor - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Orange drink - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Space juice - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
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.
- Distinctive flair - ELAN, used 86 times
- Distinctive atmosphere - AURA, used 77 times
- Distinctive air - AURA, used 68 times
- Pop flavor - COLA, used 37 times
- Distinctive quality - AURA, used 34 times
- Distinctive doctrines - ISMS, used 33 times
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