The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WASTE , but the solution may also be PAN which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Trash crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WASTE | 29 % | 5 |
| DIS | 10 % | 3 |
| TOSS | 9 % | 4 |
| JUNK | 7 % | 4 |
| LITTER | 6 % | 6 |
| RUIN | 6 % | 4 |
| REFUSE | 4 % | 6 |
| GRUNGE | 3 % | 6 |
| DELETE | 3 % | 6 |
| DESTROY | 3 % | 7 |
| EJECTA | 1 % | 6 |
| WASTEPAPER | 1 % | 10 |
| SCRAP | 1 % | 5 |
| PAN | 1 % | 3 |
| SHITTALK | 1 % | 8 |
| DETRITUS | 1 % | 8 |
| BADMOUTH | 1 % | 8 |
| DEBRIS | 1 % | 6 |
| RUBBISH | 1 % | 7 |
| SCUM | 1 % | 4 |
| GARBAGE | 1 % | 7 |
| TRIPE | 1 % | 5 |
| DEEPSIX | 1 % | 7 |
| GETRIDOF | 1 % | 8 |
Why may TOSS be the right solution?
The answer "TOSS" is the right solution for the clue "Trash" because "TOSS" means to throw away or discard something, which is what we do with trash.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Trash
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rubbish
- junk
- scum
- scrap
- tripe
- pan
- applesauce
- folderol
- tear apart
- trumpery
- wish-wash
- garbage
Crossword Answer definitions
WASTE noun- Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- Excrement or urine.
- A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A vast expanse of water.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
- Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste"
- A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- Uncultivated, uninhabited.
- Barren; desert.
- Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- Superfluous; needless.
- Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
- Unfortunate; disappointing.
- To devastate, destroy
- To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- To kill; to murder.
- To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
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 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 DIS
- Belittle, in slang
- Put down, modern-style
- Treat without respect
- Trash
- Treat without respect, slangily
- Drive filler
- Bad-mouth, in the 'hood
- Put down, in the 'hood
- Insult at the center of this puzzle's long answers
- Bad-mouth
More clues leading to the result TOSS
- Flip of a coin
- Chuck
- Mix, in a way
- Ref's pregame duty
- Sleep restlessly
- Turn's partner
- Call heads or tails
- Have a restless night
- Not sleep peacefully
- Fling
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 LITTER
- Interstate eyesore
- Pollution problem
- Cat box stuff
- Landscape spoiler
- Wayside waste
- Target of a pickup artist?
- Ignore the trash can
- Kitty follower
- Make a mess
- Trash
More clues leading to the result RUIN
- Destroy
- Destroyed building
- Downfall
- Reduce to bankruptcy
- The road to __
- Destruction
- Completely botch
- Spoil
- Bankrupt
- Excavation site
More clues leading to the result REFUSE
More clues leading to the result GRUNGE
- Teen's dressing style
- Style of rock music from 1990's
- Seattle-born rock genre
- Hole's style
- Rock and fashion style originating in Seattle
- Trash
- Nirvana's genre
- '90s Seattle-born music style
- Rock music genre
- 90's fashion look
More clues leading to the result DELETE
- Free up space, in a way
- Remove
- Cancel
- Computer key
- Rubout
- Get rid of
- Remove a file
- Strike out
- Strike
- Nullifying keystroke
More clues leading to the result DESTROY
More clues leading to the result EJECTA
- Trash
- Stuff thrown out
- Eruption matter
- 65 across, in 1773
- Volcanic spewings
- Volcano output
- Lava, e.g.
- Lava, sometimes
- Lava
- Volcanic castings
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 SCRAP
More clues leading to the result PAN
- Give one star to
- God often pictured with pipes
- Forty-niners tool
- Move while filming
- Play critic
- Scathing review
- Rotate the camera
- Omelet-maker's need, unless you boil your omelets or cook them in the toaster I suppose
- Critically disdain
- Muffin tin, e.g.
More clues leading to the result SHITTALK
More clues leading to the result DETRITUS
More clues leading to the result BADMOUTH
More clues leading to the result DEBRIS
- Rubble
- Driftwood and such
- Litterbug's leavings
- Razing remains
- Remains
- Litter
- Wreckage
- Fragments
- Rubbish
- Trash
More clues leading to the result RUBBISH
More clues leading to the result SCUM
- Tilex target
- Pond gunk
- Build-up in an aquarium
- Dirtbags
- Dirty film
- Sexist d-bag
- Trash
- Trashy folk
- Pond surface
- Foul film
More clues leading to the result GARBAGE
- Nonsense
- It's picked up regularly
- Trash
- Refuse
- Major city problem.
- Dump drop-off
- What's at your disposal?
- Claptrap
- Hefty item
- With letters 4 to 6, Hefty purchase
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 DEEPSIX
- Jettison, as office paper
- Throw out
- Throw overboard
- Get rid of, slangily
- Get rid of
- Junk
- Toss out
- Toss
- Dump
- Chuck