Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Bad for teeth; or, a type of sauce for seafood”, starting with the letters ta.
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noun
- An incrustation on the teeth consisting of plaque that has become hardened by the deposition of mineral salts (such as calcium carbonate)
- A substance consisting essentially of cream of tartar that is derived from the juice of grapes and deposited in wine casks together with yeast and other suspended matters as a pale or dark reddish crust or sediment
noun
- A native or inhabitant of Tartary
- Tatar
- A person of irritable or violent temper
- One that proves to be unexpectedly formidable
noun
- A poisonous efflorescent crystalline salt C8H4K2O12Sb2·3H2O of sweetish metallic taste that is used in dyeing as a mordant and especially formerly in medicine as an emetic and expectorant
noun
- A sauce made principally of mayonnaise and chopped pickles
noun phrase
- A white crystalline salt C4H5KO6 used especially in baking powder and in certain treatments of metals
This clue was used on November 16, 2025.