Wear down
The crossword clue "Wear down" is answered by ERODE, a 5-letter entry. Used 180 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 32 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ERODE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERODE answer page.
Used 180 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 32 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- ABRADE (32 uses in xd)
- DEGRADE (3 uses in xd)
- DRAIN (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ERODE
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ERODE, most used first.
- Wear away - used 660 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
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
- Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
- Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
- Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
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