Destroy
The crossword clue "Destroy" is answered by WRECK, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. 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
WRECK
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WRECK answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WRECK
Every other clue in this collection answered by WRECK, most used first.
- Demolish - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Total - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Sunken ship - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Ruin - 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.
- Destroy slowly - ERODE, used 32 times
- Destroy by degrees - ERODE, used 24 times
- Destroy gradually - ERODE, used 17 times
- Destroy, as documents - SHRED, used 15 times
- Slowly destroy - ERODE, used 11 times
- Destroy over time - ERODE, used 10 times
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