Becomes oxidized
The crossword clue "Becomes oxidized" is answered by RUSTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. 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
RUSTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUSTS answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RUSTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RUSTS, most used first.
- Oxidizes - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Corrodes - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Becomes corroded - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Shows disuse - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Gives in to oxidation - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Corrodes, as iron - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Deteriorates, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Becomes bitter - SOURS, used 8 times
- Becomes less friendly - COOLS, used 8 times
- Becomes weary - TIRES, used 8 times
- Becomes boring - PALLS, used 7 times
- Becomes disenchanted - SOURS, used 7 times
- Becomes tiresome - PALLS, used 7 times
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