Small sample

The answer

TASTE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TASTE answer page.

Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• NIP (4 uses in xd)
• SIP (4 uses in xd)
• BIT (1 uses in xd)
• ONE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TASTE

Every other clue in this collection answered by TASTE, most used first.

• Sample - used 118 times, most recently in 2025
• Discernment - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Refinement - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Flavor - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Discrimination - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a bite of - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Critical asset - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the five senses - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• One of the senses - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Try - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Sense of style - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• There's no accounting for it - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
• Personal preference - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Preference - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Savor - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• Decorator's asset - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Designer's asset - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Take a sip of - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Spoonful, say - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of bud - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Sip - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Experience. - used 13 times, most recently in 1997
• Have a trying experience? - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Liking - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
• Little bite - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Common sense? - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Have a bite of - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• It may be acquired - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Sample, as food - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• A sense - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Fashion sense - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sample of food - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Small bite - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Aesthetic judgment - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Eat a sample of - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Have a sample of - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a nibble of - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "There's no accounting for ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Try a tidbit - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• "A ___ of Honey" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Aesthetic sense - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Food sample - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Have a sip of - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Personal liking - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Small sample of food - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Try this!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Artistic judgment - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sampling - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Small bay - INLET, used 78 times
• Small-minded - PETTY, used 78 times
• Small songbirds - WRENS, used 78 times
• Small drum - TABOR, used 76 times
• Small egg - OVULE, used 73 times
• Very small - TEENY, used 68 times

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