Corrodes, as iron
The crossword clue "Corrodes, as iron" is answered by RUSTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. 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 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. 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
- Becomes oxidized - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Gives in to oxidation - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- 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.
- Iron - PRESS, used 60 times
- Iron output - STEAM, used 51 times
- Iron alloy - STEEL, used 47 times
- Iron ___ (rust) - OXIDE, used 26 times
- Iron clothes? - ARMOR, used 20 times
- Iron: Prefix. - FERRO, used 19 times
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