Answer to "Decaying" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ROTTEN which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.

Decaying crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
ROTTEN	50 %	6
MOLDY	50 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Decaying

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• crumble
• decline
• disintegration
• disintegrate
• decompose
• decomposition
• radioactive decay
• delapidate
• rotting
• perishable
• deteriorating
• declining

Crossword Answer definitions

ROTTEN adjective

1. Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
2. In a state of decay.
3. Cruel, mean or immoral.
4. Bad or terrible.

ROTTEN adverb

1. To an extreme degree.

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 ROTTEN

• Worm-eaten
• Decomposed
• Sex Pistol's singer
• Decayed
• Suspicious, as in Hamlet's Denmark
• Wretchedly bad
• Despicable
• Wretchedly bad
• Front man Johnny of the Sex Pistols
• Spoiled

More clues leading to the result MOLDY

• Old-fashioned, as ideas
• Like some items in a damp basement
• Like some old bread
• Like most old bread
• Decaying, in a way
• Like really old bread
• Like week-old bread, maybe
• Like old bread
• Antiquated
• Like very old bread