One of the five basic tastes Crossword Clue

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One of the five basic tastes Crossword Answer

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SALTY

(5 letters)

SOUR

(4 letters)

BITTER

(6 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

FIVE (noun)
1. a team that plays basketball
2. a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
FIVE (adjective)
1. being one more than four
BASIC (adjective)
1. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
2. serving as a base or starting point
BASIC (noun)
1. (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
2. a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner’s all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

SALTY
(5 letters)
SOUR
(4 letters)
BITTER
(6 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
IMAUM

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