Destroys slowly
The crossword clue "Destroys slowly" is answered by ERODES, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ERODES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERODES answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ERODES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERODES, most used first.
- Wears away - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Undermines - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Wears down - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Eats away - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Chips away at - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Eats away at - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Deteriorates - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Eats into - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Washes away - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Loses ground? - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Destroys gradually - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Slowly, in music - ADAGIO, used 32 times
- Flowed slowly - SEEPED, used 11 times
- Slowly - ADAGIO, used 11 times
- Moved slowly - INCHED, used 10 times
- Destroys, as documents - SHREDS, used 9 times
- Enter slowly - EASEIN, used 9 times
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