The Clue
More acidic (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SOURER
Tags
Notes
The answer SOURER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
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Definition
SOUR as an adjective:
1. (sour, rancid) = smelling of fermentation or staleness
2. having a sharp biting taste
3. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons
4. (off, sour, turned) = in an unpalatable state; "sour milk"
5. (false, off-key, sour) = inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
6. (dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen) = showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"