Weaken, as confidence

The answer

ERODE

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

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Crumble - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• 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

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.

• Self-confidence - POISE, used 46 times
• Confidence - TRUST, used 20 times
• Have confidence in - TRUST, used 17 times
• Confidence games - SCAMS, used 12 times
• Radiate, as confidence - EXUDE, used 11 times
• Exudes, as confidence - OOZES, used 10 times

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