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

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% UMAMI Basic taste beside salt, sweet, sour and bitter (5) (5)
6% ACID Sour-tasting (4) (4) Puzzler Oct 12, 2025
6% LEMON Sour-tasting fruit (5) The Times Concise Sep 26, 2025
6% RANCID Sour-tasting (6) The Telegraph Quick Sep 24, 2025
6% ACRID Bitter-tasting (5) Newsday Aug 26, 2025
6% TASTE Sweetness, sourness or bitterness (5) New York Times Jun 4, 2018
6% ACERB Sour or bitter in taste (5) USA Today Mar 27, 2015
6% ASTRINGENT Sour or bitter in taste (10)
5% ABCS Basics (4) Newsday Nov 2, 2025
5% EPSOM ___ salts (5) Universal Oct 17, 2025
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