Fall into decay
The crossword clue "Fall into decay" is answered by ROT, a 3-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROT answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 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
- Biodegrade - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Go to seed - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Go bad, as food - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Go bad, as fruit - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- "Horsefeathers!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Deterioration - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Hooey - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Utter nonsense - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Become unsafe to eat - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Putrefy - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Turn to compost - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Drivel - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Turn - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Corruption - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Degenerate - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Raise a stink? - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Stuff and nonsense - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Waste away - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Applesauce - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Break down - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Claptrap - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Dry ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Molder - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Turn rancid - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Become rancid - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Become decayed - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Bunkum - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Codswallop - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Flapdoodle - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Garbage - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Go to waste - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Hokum - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Root problem - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Turn into compost - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn to mush - 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.
- Fall behind - LAG, used 312 times
- Ran into - MET, used 219 times
- Bumped into - MET, used 167 times
- Put into words - SAY, used 114 times
- Fall mo. - OCT, used 88 times
- Slip into - DON, used 64 times
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