Turns into compost
The crossword clue "Turns into compost" is answered by ROTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 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 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ROTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROTS, most used first.
- Goes bad - used 226 times, most recently in 2026
- Decays - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Spoils - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
- Decomposes - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Deteriorates - used 47 times, most recently in 2022
- Becomes inedible - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Breaks down - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Doesn't keep - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Putrefies - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
- Molders - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Becomes compost - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Goes to seed - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Turns bad - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Goes bad, as fruit - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
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.
- Bump into - MEET, used 103 times
- Puts into words - SAYS, used 61 times
- Turns right - GEES, used 46 times
- Run into - MEET, used 44 times
- River into the Caspian. - URAL, used 43 times
- Brought into the world - BORN, used 42 times
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