The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ROT , but the solution may also be GRAFT which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Corruption crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROT | 43 % | 3 |
| GRAFT | 29 % | 5 |
| EVIL | 14 % | 4 |
| DIRT | 7 % | 4 |
| EVILNESS | 7 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Corruption
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- corruptness
- degeneracy
- depravity
- rottenness
- putridness
- putrescence
- corrupted
- perversion
- degeneration
- deformation
- evil
- scandal
Crossword Answer definitions
ROT noun- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- Decaying matter.
- Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- Verbal nonsense.
- To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- To decline in function or utility.
- To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- To talk nonsense.
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 ROT
More clues leading to the result GRAFT
- Transplant, in a way
- Political payoff
- Corrupt pol's crime
- Skin replacement procedure
- Political funny business
- Illegal payoff
- Surgeon's procedure
- Boss Tweed's crime
- It's a white-collar crime
- Replace damaged skin, perhaps
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result DIRT
- Garden soil
- Something to dish
- Earth
- Gossip
- Gossip's gab
- Foe of Ajax
- Gossip-column fodder
- Kind of farmer
- Malicious gossip
- Tabloid talk