The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ATE , but the solution may also be ATE AT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Corroded crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ATE | 40 % | 3 |
| EATEN | 36 % | 5 |
| ATEINTO | 9 % | 7 |
| ATEAT | 3 % | 5 |
| RUSTED | 3 % | 6 |
| ATEAWAY | 2 % | 7 |
| ATEAWAYAT | 1 % | 9 |
| RUSTY | 1 % | 5 |
| EATENINTO | 1 % | 9 |
| EATENAWAY | 1 % | 9 |
| RUSTEATEN | 1 % | 9 |
| ATE AT | 1 % | 6 |
| EROSE | 1 % | 5 |
| ERODED | 1 % | 6 |
Why may ATE-AT be the right solution?
"Corroded" is a verb that means to gradually wear away or deteriorate. "Ate at" is a phrase that can be used to describe something slowly deteriorating or being eroded, making it a fitting answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Corroded
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unsound
- eroded
- rusty
- eaten
- rusted
- oxidised
- oxidized
- ate
- corrosion
- rusting
- corrody
- rotted
Crossword Answer definitions
ATE verb- To ingest; to be ingested.
- To use up.
- To cause (someone) to worry.
- To take the loss in a transaction.
- To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
- To corrode or erode.
- To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ATE
- "Thanks, I already __"
- Absorbed, as a cost
- Bolted down
- Broke bread
- Consumed
- Corroded
- Devoured
- Dined out
- Downed
- Dug in
More clues leading to the result EATEN
- Consumed
- Had for dinner
- Put away
- Worm-__ (decrepit)
- Moth ___
- Eroded by acid
- Moth-__ (timeworn)
- Nibbled on
- No longer on the table
- __-Ball (arcade game)
More clues leading to the result ATEINTO
- Eroded
- Bit off parts of
- Corroded
- Diminished, as profits
- Depleted
- Lessened, as profits
- Eroded, in a way
- Took some of
- Had a corrosive effect on
- Chipped away at
More clues leading to the result ATEAT
- Bugged
- Worried
- Really bothered
- Vexed
- Patronized, as in a restaurant
- Bothered heavily
- Patronized as a diner
- Bothered
- Steadily worried
- Rankled
More clues leading to the result RUSTED
- Oxidized
- Like much junkyard metal
- Corroded
- Decayed, like metal
- Suffered from neglect, in a way
- Turned colors, in a way
- Declined, as crafts
- Rip's gun is.
- Oxidized.
- Became impaired by inaction.
More clues leading to the result ATEAWAY
More clues leading to the result ATEAWAYAT
More clues leading to the result RUSTY
- Out of practice
- Nickname for a redhead
- Benched too long
- Out of shape
- With 14-Down, Scotch cocktail named for a carpentry hazard
- Like much junkyard metal
- Needing practice
- Impaired from disuse
- Way out of practice
- No longer adequate
More clues leading to the result EATENINTO
More clues leading to the result EATENAWAY
More clues leading to the result RUSTEATEN
- Like many a jalopy
- Seriously weathered, as old cars
- Corroded
- Heavily corroded
- Like cars in a junkyard, maybe
More clues leading to the result ATE AT
More clues leading to the result EROSE
- Like an insect-eaten leaf
- Like an oak leaf
- Irregular edge
- Jagged
- Notched
- Notched, as a leaf
- Ragged
- Uneven
- Not smooth
- With a jagged edge