Go bad
The crossword clue "Go bad" is answered by DECAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DECAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DECAY answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DECAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DECAY, most used first.
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- Tooth problem - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Decompose - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Tooth trouble - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
- Dental problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Go bad - SPOIL, used 77 times
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- "My bad" - SORRY, used 40 times
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- Be a bad winner - GLOAT, used 27 times
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