The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STALES , but the solution may also be GOESSTALE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Loses freshness crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STALES | 62 % | 6 |
| WITHERS | 8 % | 7 |
| GETSOLD | 8 % | 7 |
| WILTS | 8 % | 5 |
| GOESSTALE | 8 % | 9 |
| AGES | 8 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Loses freshness
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stale
- stale-dated
- stale-dated food
- chip
- flatten
- dearth
- pall
- deadening
- die
- lenten
- dead weight
- lank
Crossword Answer definitions
STALES noun- Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
- (of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
- To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
- To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
- (alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
- A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
- The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
- The stem of a plant.
- The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
- To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
- A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
- A stalemate; a stalemated game.
- An ambush.
- A band of armed men or hunters.
- The main force of an army.
- To stalemate.
- To be stalemated.
- (livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
- A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
- Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
- An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
- A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
- A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
- A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
- Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
- To serve as a decoy, to lure.
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 STALES
- Loses freshness
- Gets hard, as bread
- Gets rock hard, as buns
- Goes uneaten too long
- Goes flat
- Grows old, as a joke
- Goes bad
- Gets old
- Becomes trite.
- Grows boring.
More clues leading to the result WITHERS
- Shrivels
- Fades
- Jane ___ of the movies.
- Part of a horse's back
- Loses freshness
- Part of a horse between the shoulder blades
- Dries up
- Dries up in the sun
More clues leading to the result GETSOLD
More clues leading to the result WILTS
- Dries up, as a plant
- Loses crispness, as lettuce
- Droops
- Goes flaccid
- Droops on the stem
- Droops, like an old rose
- Slumps
- Flags
- Droops, flower-style
- Loses crispness, as celery