Goes bad
The crossword clue "Goes bad" is answered by ROTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 226 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 35 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ROTS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROTS answer page.
Used 226 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 35 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- SPOILS (15 uses in xd)
- SOURS (14 uses in xd)
- TURNS (10 uses in xd)
- CURDLES (2 uses in xd)
- DECAYS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ROTS
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ROTS, most used first.
- Decays - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- "Too bad!" - ALAS, used 136 times
- Goes astray - ERRS, used 122 times
- Bad to the bone - EVIL, used 115 times
- Goes wrong - ERRS, used 96 times
- Goes out with - SEES, used 94 times
- Bad day for Caesar - IDES, used 89 times
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