The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ROTS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Deteriorates, like old wood crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROTS | 100 % | 4 |
Why may ROTS be the right solution?
"ROTS" is the right solution because it means to decay or deteriorate, which is what happens to old wood over time.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Deteriorates, like old wood
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Crossword Answer definitions
ROTS 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.
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