Wastes away
The crossword clue "Wastes away" is answered by ROTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1953. 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 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 4 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.
- ATROPHIES (1 uses in xd)
- LANGUISHES (1 uses in xd)
- MACERATES (1 uses in xd)
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
- Turns into compost - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
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.
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
- Miles away - AFAR, used 210 times
- Put away - STOW, used 205 times
- Pack away - STOW, used 171 times
- Run away - FLEE, used 124 times
- Blown away - AWED, used 112 times
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