Ate away at
The crossword clue "Ate away at" is answered by ERODED, a 6-letter entry. Used 13 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ERODED
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERODED answer page.
Used 13 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 6 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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Other clues for ERODED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERODED, most used first.
- Wore away - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Worn away - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Wore down - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Ate away - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Worn down - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Eaten away - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Ate into - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Worn - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Undermined - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Chipped away at - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Disintegrated - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Washed away - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Wears away - ERODES, used 114 times
- Get away - ESCAPE, used 66 times
- Right away - ATONCE, used 56 times
- Wear away - ABRADE, used 40 times
- Put away - STORED, used 39 times
- Break away - SECEDE, used 37 times
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