Tooth decay
The crossword clue "Tooth decay" is answered by CARIES, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CARIES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CARIES answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Tooth layer - ENAMEL, used 55 times
- Tooth covering - ENAMEL, used 48 times
- Tooth coating - ENAMEL, used 32 times
- Tooth part - ENAMEL, used 15 times
- Pointed tooth - CANINE, used 13 times
- Timber decay - DRYROT, used 12 times
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