acrid
adjective
Meaning
- adjectiveSharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
- adjectiveCausing heat and irritation.
Example:
The bombardier beetle sprays acrid secretions to defend itself.
- adjectiveCaustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
Example:
That man has an acrid temper.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Less common
- #2,420 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 67% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None