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 |
| POPPYCOCK | 2 % | 9 |
| REFUSE | 2 % | 6 |
| SLOP | 2 % | 4 |
| OFFAL | 2 % | 5 |
| WASTEPAPER | 2 % | 10 |
| TRIPE | 2 % | 5 |
| HOOEY | 2 % | 5 |
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 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
More clues leading to the result WASTEPAPER
- GARBAGE
- It's crumpled and tossed
- Gum wrappers, for instance.
- Trash
- Type of basket
- Office trash [resign]
- Contents of a "circular file"
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