Tooth trouble
The crossword clue "Tooth trouble" is answered by DECAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2009. It appears in 7 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 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2009. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ABSCESS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DECAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DECAY, most used first.
- Rot - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Tooth problem - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Decompose - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Go bad - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- 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.
- Grinding tooth - MOLAR, used 91 times
- Back tooth - MOLAR, used 72 times
- Wisdom tooth, e.g. - MOLAR, used 40 times
- Tooth. - MOLAR, used 32 times
- Tummy trouble - AGITA, used 31 times
- Throat trouble - STREP, used 19 times
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