Basic taste beside salt, sweet, sour and bitter (5) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% UMAMI Basic taste beside salt, sweet, sour and bitter (5) (5)
7% RANCID Sour-tasting (6) The Telegraph Quick Sep 24, 2025
6% LEMON Sour-tasting fruit (5) The Times Concise Sep 26, 2025
6% ACID Sour in taste (4) (4) Puzzler Sep 6, 2025
6% ACRID Bitter-tasting (5) Newsday Aug 26, 2025
6% ACERB Sour-tasting (5) Newsday Jul 20, 2025
6% ASTRINGENT Sour or bitter in taste (10)
5% TART Sour (4) Commuter Oct 10, 2025
5% NEXTTO Beside (6) The Times Concise Oct 10, 2025
5% ELSE Besides (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 4, 2025
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