Go to seed

The answer

ROT

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

Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 8 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.

• SOW (1 uses in xd)

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 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
• Fall into decay - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• 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.

• Orange seed - PIP, used 21 times
• Apple seed - PIP, used 14 times
• Prickly seed case - BUR, used 14 times
• Scatter seed - SOW, used 14 times
• Seed - PIP, used 12 times
• Seed holder - POD, used 11 times

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