Crumble
The crossword clue "Crumble" is answered by ERODE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1995. 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
ERODE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERODE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- GOTOPIECES (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ERODE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERODE, most used first.
- Wear away - used 660 times, most recently in 2026
- Wear down - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
- Eat away - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
- Eat away at - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Undermine - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Chip away at - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose ground? - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Eat into - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Destroy slowly - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Disintegrate - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Deteriorate - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
- Whittle away - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Destroy by degrees - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
- Wash away - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Gradually wear away - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Wear away gradually - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Wear away slowly - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Crumble away - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Destroy gradually - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Diminish by degrees - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Slowly wear away - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Wear - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Disappear gradually - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- Become weatherworn - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Disintegrate slowly - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Wear away over time - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Abrade - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Diminish - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Slowly destroy - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Weaken, as confidence - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Destroy over time - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Rust - used 10 times, most recently in 2005
- Weaken - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Destroy bit by bit - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Grind down - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Wear away, as soil - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Break down - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Diminish gradually - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Disappear slowly but surely - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Eat at - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Undercut - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Wear away slowly but surely - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Crumble, as support - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Cut into - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Diminish over time - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Gradually deteriorate - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Waste away - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Cause to deteriorate - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Diminish slowly - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Gradually weaken - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Sap - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Slowly crumble - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Slowly disintegrate - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Wash away, as soil - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Weaken, as support - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Wear away, as a beach - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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