Worn down

The answer

ERODED

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERODED answer page.

Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 11 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.

• WEARY (10 uses in xd)
• ABRADED (4 uses in xd)
• EIDER (2 uses in xd)
• EROSE (2 uses in xd)
• TIRED (2 uses in xd)

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
• Ate away at - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• 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.

• Marked down - ONSALE, used 92 times
• Track down - LOCATE, used 35 times
• Came down - RAINED, used 34 times
• Water down - DILUTE, used 32 times
• Wear down - ABRADE, used 32 times
• Wears down - ERODES, used 29 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.