The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word RUSTS , but the solution may also be EATSAWAY which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Corrodes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RUSTS | 44 % | 5 |
| EATS | 40 % | 4 |
| GNAWS | 6 % | 5 |
| ROTS | 4 % | 4 |
| EATSAWAY | 2 % | 8 |
| EATSINTO | 2 % | 8 |
| EATSAT | 2 % | 6 |
Why may EATSAWAY be the right solution?
The answer "EATSAWAY" is the right solution because it accurately describes the action of something slowly being worn down or deteriorated through a process of corrosion.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Corrodes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- eat
- rust
- eats
- rusts
- corrosion
- corrody
- corrosive
- corrosivity
- erodes
- corrosively
- corrosiveness
- oxidized
Crossword Answer definitions
RUSTS noun- The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
- A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").
- A reddish-brown color.
- A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
- Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.
- To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
- To cause to oxidize.
- To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
- To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
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 RUSTS
- Oxidizes in the presence of water
- Oxidizes
- Corrodes
- Develops leaks, possibly
- What wet iron does, sometimes
- Deteriorates, as metal pipes
- Deteriorates, in a way
- Shows signs of age
- Ages badly
- Ages from oxidation
More clues leading to the result EATS
- Does lunch
- Beanery sign
- Bolts down
- Comestibles
- Gobbles down
- Grub
- Sign outside a greasy spoon
- Works on gourmet entrees
- Chows down
- Greasy-spoon come-on
More clues leading to the result GNAWS
- Eats away at
- Works over a bone
- Works on at the table, in a way
- Eats like a beaver
- Wears down, in a way
- Bites like a beaver
- Corrodes
- Eats (at)
- Chews
- Munches like mice
More clues leading to the result ROTS
More clues leading to the result EATSAWAY
More clues leading to the result EATSINTO
- Erodes
- Erodes, as profits
- Erodes, as savings
- Diminishes, as profits
- Takes away from
- Chips away at
- What acid does.
- Corrodes
- Destroys by erosion
- Depletes little by little