Rubbish
The crossword clue "Rubbish" is answered by ROT, a 3-letter entry. Used 22 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ROT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROT answer page.
Used 22 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 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.
- DRECK (21 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
- Biodegrade - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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- Caviar - ROE, used 314 times
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