Biodegrade

The answer

ROT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROT answer page.

Used 21 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ROT

Every other clue in this collection answered by ROT, most used first.

• Go bad - used 373 times, most recently in 2026
• Decay - used 253 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonsense - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Hogwash - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• Decompose - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Balderdash - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Deteriorate - used 77 times, most recently in 2025
• Poppycock - used 72 times, most recently in 2025
• Turn bad - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Spoil - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Baloney - used 42 times, most recently in 2021
• Twaddle - used 39 times, most recently in 2022
• Become inedible - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Bunk - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Malarkey - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Bosh! - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
• Become compost - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Rubbish - used 22 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Fish eggs - ROE, used 648 times
• Regret - RUE, used 607 times
• "Norma ___" - RAE, used 480 times
• Tear - RIP, used 317 times
• Caviar - ROE, used 314 times
• ___ Tin Tin - RIN, used 312 times

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