The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EMACIATE , but the solution may also be ROT which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Waste away crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EMACIATE | 30 % | 8 |
| ATROPHY | 18 % | 7 |
| ROT | 13 % | 3 |
| ERODE | 10 % | 5 |
| MACERATE | 8 % | 8 |
| DECAY | 5 % | 5 |
| EMACTE | 3 % | 6 |
| DETERIORATE | 3 % | 11 |
| PERISH | 3 % | 6 |
| GNAW | 3 % | 4 |
| DWINDLE | 3 % | 7 |
| FRITTER | 3 % | 7 |
| EATUP | 3 % | 5 |
Why may ROT be the right solution?
"ROT" is the right solution because when something "rots," it decays or decomposes over time, essentially wasting away.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Waste away
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wasting away
- wither away
- fade away
- wastage
- wastefulness
- die away
- wasted
- worthlessness
- die out
- waste water
- wastes
- worthless
Crossword Answer definitions
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 EMACIATE
- Waste away
- Make thinner
- Make gaunt
- Make too thin
- Make thin
- Wither away
- Waste away.
- Cause to lose much weight.
- Become very thin.
- Cause to lose weight.
More clues leading to the result ATROPHY
- Go to pot
- Waste away
- Degenerate
- Decline from disuse
- Weaken from disuse
- Wither away
- Waste away.
- Fail from disuse.
- Progressive decline.
- Degeneration
More clues leading to the result ROT
More clues leading to the result ERODE
- Diminish
- Slowly destroy
- Wear away
- Whittle away
- Diminish gradually
- Fade gradually
- Grind down
- Rust
- Wear down
- Diminish by degrees
More clues leading to the result MACERATE
- Waste away
- Soften by soaking
- Soften by steeping in a liquid.
- Soften by steeping.
- Soften by soaking.
- Soften by soaking in liquid.
- Grow thin
- Soften by steeping
- Cause disintegration
- Cause to grow thin or weak
More clues leading to the result DECAY
- Fall into ruin
- Go bad
- Urban ___
- Dentist's concern
- Rot
- Dental problem
- Dental concern
- Break down
- Dental woe
- Crumble away
More clues leading to the result EMACTE
More clues leading to the result DETERIORATE
More clues leading to the result PERISH
- Meet one's demise
- "Publish or ___"
- "___ the thought!"
- Alternative to publish
- Be totally destroyed
- Suffer ruin
- Bite the dust
- Cease to be
- ____ the thought!
- "... shall not ___ from ...": Lincoln
More clues leading to the result GNAW
- Eat like a beaver
- Chew at
- Chew like a rat
- Eat away at
- Eat at
- Nibble
- Nibble on
- Make like a mouse
- Sink one's teeth into
- Eat away
More clues leading to the result DWINDLE
More clues leading to the result FRITTER
- Battered snack
- Waste little by little
- Fried corn cake
- Small corn cake
- Waste.
- Small batter cake with filling.
- Corn cake.
- Small cake of fried batter.
- Batter cake.
- Small cake.