The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word OLD which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2019.
Moth-eaten crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OLD | 35 % | 3 |
| TATTY | 24 % | 5 |
| HOLEY | 16 % | 5 |
| RATTY | 8 % | 5 |
| STALE | 8 % | 5 |
| TRITE | 5 % | 5 |
| SEEDY | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Moth-eaten
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ratty
- tatty
- shabby
- worn
- old
- stale
- unoriginal
- peppered moth
- moths
- hawk moth
- insectivore
- silkworm moth
Crossword Answer definitions
OLD noun- (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
- (in combination) One of a specified age.
- A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
- (most often plural) One's parents.
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- (heading) Of an earlier time.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
- Excessive, abundant.
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 OLD
- Like Methuselah
- Like the hills?
- Passe
- __ Nick (Satan)
- Hardly a spring chicken
- Immemorial
- Like MacDonald
- On in years
- Out of fashion
- Pre-Columbian
More clues leading to the result TATTY
- Frayed and ragged
- Ragged
- Rather dilapidated
- Shabby
- Untidy
- Ill-kempt
- Ragged and untidy
- Frayed
- Moth-eaten
- Decrepit
More clues leading to the result HOLEY
- Like Swiss cheese?
- Like Swiss cheese
- Sievelike
- Like Swiss
- Like Canadian Swiss cheese
- Like a moth-eaten coat
- Like Tilsit
- Like Jarlsberg
- Moth-eaten
- Ready for darning
More clues leading to the result RATTY
- Well-worn
- Dilapidated
- Somewhat rundown
- In shabby shape
- Overrun with vermin
- Tattered and torn
- Shabby
- Torn and tattered
- Dirty and unkempt
- Wretched
More clues leading to the result STALE
- Like some jokes
- Old hat
- Best bread for stuffing
- Like an old joke
- Old and worn
- Like old bread
- Dried out
- Like jokes that kids enjoy, often
- Tired
- Banal
More clues leading to the result TRITE
- Hackneyed
- Unoriginal
- Overdone
- Uninspired
- Like cliches
- Overused
- Like hackneyed writing
- Stale
- Far from fresh
- Worn out by use