Putrefies
The crossword clue "Putrefies" is answered by ROTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROTS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROTS answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ROTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROTS, most used first.
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- Breaks down - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Doesn't keep - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Molders - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
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- Turns into compost - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
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- Turns bad - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
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- Turns - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Degenerates - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Disintegrates - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Wastes away - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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