The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TRASH , but the solution may also be WASTE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Garbage crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRASH | 56 % | 5 |
| WASTE | 12 % | 5 |
| SWILL | 5 % | 5 |
| JUNK | 5 % | 4 |
| ROT | 5 % | 3 |
| TRIPE | 2 % | 5 |
| HOOEY | 2 % | 5 |
| POPPYCOCK | 2 % | 9 |
| REFUSE | 2 % | 6 |
| SLOP | 2 % | 4 |
| OFFAL | 2 % | 5 |
| WASTEPAPER | 2 % | 10 |
Why may WASTE be the right solution?
"WASTE" is synonymous with "garbage," as both refer to unwanted or discarded materials. In a crossword puzzle, answers are often chosen for their similarity in meaning to the clue, making "WASTE" a fitting solution for "Garbage."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Garbage
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- refuse
- food waste
- scraps
- littering
- junkyard
- dump
- debris
- landfill
- dustbin
- wastebasket
- dumpster
- toilet
Crossword Answer definitions
TRASH noun- Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- A container into which things are discarded.
- Something worthless or of poor quality.
- People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
- A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
- Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
- A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
- To discard.
- To make into a mess.
- To beat soundly in a game.
- To disrespect someone or something
- To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.
- To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
- To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.
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 TRASH
- Dumpster filler
- Badmouth
- Odds and ends
- Ransack, slangily
- Refuse
- Rightmost item on a dock, often
- Treat shoddily, as a hotel room
- Valueless stuff you can make a living collecting
- Vandalize
- Junk
More clues leading to the result WASTE
- Consume carelessly
- Refuse
- Squander
- Basket type
- Trash
- Fritter away
- Miasma
- Chucked stuff
- Junk
- Word with human and industrial
More clues leading to the result SWILL
More clues leading to the result JUNK
- With 56-Across, what all the theme answers are?
- It's worthless
- Scrap-heap stuff
- Fred Sanford's wares
- Trash
- Throw out
- Refuse
- Garbage
- Attic buildup
- Kind of fax
More clues leading to the result ROT
More clues leading to the result TRIPE
- Of no value
- Nonsensical talk or writing
- Stuff and nonsense
- Rubbish
- Crapola
- Third-rate writing
- Balderdash
- Hogwash
- A load of rubbish
- Worthless talk
More clues leading to the result HOOEY
More clues leading to the result POPPYCOCK
More clues leading to the result REFUSE
More clues leading to the result SLOP
- Farm fare
- Greasy-spoon fare
- Trough filler
- Unappetizing fare
- Awful cuisine
- Pig food
- Food for the hogs
- Splatter
- Swill
- Supper in a sty
More clues leading to the result OFFAL
- Waste parts
- Refuse
- Butcher's scraps
- It's awful and it sounds it
- Rubbish
- Not very choice stuff
- Some scrapple ingredients
- Organ meats
- Butcher shop waste
- Butcher's waste