Unpleasantly pungent or sharp to the smell or taste (5) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ACRID Unpleasantly pungent or sharp to the smell or taste (5) (5)
8% SMELLY Unpleasantly pungent (6) The Times Concise Sep 2, 2025
6% ACID Sharp or sour in taste (4) (4) Mirror Classic Oct 4, 2025
6% BITTER Having a sharp pungent taste (6)
5% ODOURS Smells (6) (6) Mirror Quick Oct 31, 2025
5% YELP Sharp cry (4) Newsday Oct 31, 2025
5% REEK Smell awful (4) USA Today Oct 30, 2025
5% REEKS Smells terrible (5) Commuter Oct 29, 2025
5% STINK Smell awful (5) Commuter Oct 28, 2025
5% SHRIEKS Sharp screams (7) Newsday Oct 28, 2025
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