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The answer

ERASE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERASE answer page.

Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. 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.

• SHED (95 uses in xd)
• LOSE (28 uses in xd)
• TOSS (27 uses in xd)
• SCRAP (22 uses in xd)
• DITCH (20 uses in xd)

Other clues for ERASE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ERASE, most used first.

• Obliterate - used 256 times, most recently in 2025
• Wipe out - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
• Wipe clean - used 238 times, most recently in 2026
• Rub out - used 217 times, most recently in 2026
• Make blank - used 197 times, most recently in 2026
• Expunge - used 174 times, most recently in 2026
• Delete - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
• Wipe away - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Clear - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Clear the board - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Remove - used 75 times, most recently in 2025
• Clear the slate - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
• Get the lead out? - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Clean the slate - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Backspace over - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Wipe off - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
• Remove pencil marks - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Take out - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Eliminate - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
• Rub off - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Answering machine button - used 30 times, most recently in 2016
• Blot out - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
• Wipe the slate clean - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Clear a blackboard - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Clear the blackboard - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Cancel - used 24 times, most recently in 2003
• Wipe - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Eradicate - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Clear the tape - used 21 times, most recently in 2007
• Demagnetize, as a tape - used 21 times, most recently in 2015
• Efface. - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
• Clear the boards - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Do away with - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Wipe chalk from - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Strike out - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Shake an Etch A Sketch - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Do blackboard duty - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
• DVR option - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Remove all traces of - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Take off the board - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Undo - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Clear the chalkboard - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Use the pink end of a pencil - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Clear, as a blackboard - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Remove data from - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Blank tapes? - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
• Clear, as a chalkboard - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Clear off - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Dry-___ board - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Remove from memory - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Remove from the board - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Tape over - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
• Blank out - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Rub clean - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Use one end of a pencil - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Clean the blackboard - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Clear, as a whiteboard - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of pencil in - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Remove entirely - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Shake an Etch A Sketch, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Wipe, as a blackboard - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Wipe away, as chalk - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Wipe clear - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Clean off a blackboard - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Clean the board - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Clear, as a tape - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Clear of data - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Leave no trace of - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Wipe the chalk from - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Clear a tape - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Clear, as a disk - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Clear, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Destroy - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Dry-___ marker - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Get the word out? - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Remove chalk from - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Rub away - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Rub the wrong away - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Scratch out - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Clean chalk from - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Clean off, as a whiteboard - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Correct a mistake - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Correct a pencil mistake - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Demagnetize - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Demagnetize, maybe - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Nullify - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Remove completely - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Use a pencil end - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Wipe the board - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Backspace through - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Bleep out - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Clean a blackboard - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Clean off - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Clear data from - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Clear from memory - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Make a clean slate? - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Remove all trace - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Remove chalk - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Take out, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Use Artgum - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Wipe, as a whiteboard - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Wipe off the board - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Get up - ARISE, used 204 times
• "Get lost!" - SCRAM, used 142 times
• Get out of bed - ARISE, used 110 times
• Get around - EVADE, used 91 times
• Get away from - ELUDE, used 73 times
• Get-go - ONSET, used 60 times

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