Way past ripe
The crossword clue "Way past ripe" is answered by ROTTEN, a 6-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROTTEN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROTTEN answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ROTTEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROTTEN, most used first.
- No-good - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Corrupt - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Despicable - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Spoiled - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bad to the core - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Way out - EGRESS, used 115 times
- In a way - SORTOF, used 53 times
- Get in the way of - IMPEDE, used 33 times
- Past and present - TENSES, used 33 times
- Past, present and future - TENSES, used 33 times
- Rub the wrong way - ABRADE, used 32 times
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