The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DROSS , but the solution may also be SEWAGE which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Waste crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DROSS | 16 % | 5 |
| SEWAGE | 16 % | 6 |
| SLAG | 12 % | 4 |
| LOSE | 9 % | 4 |
| FRITTERAWAY | 5 % | 11 |
| LOSS | 5 % | 4 |
| REFUSE | 5 % | 6 |
| SEWERAGE | 3 % | 8 |
| FRITTER | 3 % | 7 |
| TRASH | 3 % | 5 |
| RAVAGE | 2 % | 6 |
| SQUANDER | 2 % | 8 |
| ELIMINATE | 2 % | 9 |
| DEBRIS | 2 % | 6 |
| FIDDLEAWAY | 2 % | 10 |
| RUBOUT | 2 % | 6 |
| DETRITUS | 2 % | 8 |
| SPOILAGE | 2 % | 8 |
| SCRAP | 2 % | 5 |
| DISSIPATE | 2 % | 9 |
| SNUFFOUT | 2 % | 8 |
| IDLE | 2 % | 4 |
| SLOP | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Waste
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- squander
- emaciate
- wastefulness
- devastate
- ravage
- pine away
- wild
- languish
- rot
- wasteland
- desolate
- do in
Crossword Answer definitions
DROSS noun- Waste or impure matter.
- Residue that forms on the surface of a metal from oxidation.
- The impurities in metal.
- A waste product from working with metal.
- Worthless or trivial matter.
- To remove dross from.
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 DROSS
- Smeltery refuse
- Scoria
- Unwanted parts
- Rubbish
- Metal waste
- Impurity
- Waste matter
- Unwanted extra
- Refuse when you 89-Down
- Slag
More clues leading to the result SEWAGE
- Waste
- Treatment-plant matter
- Disposal problem
- Septic tank contents
- When treated, it becomes sludge
- Raw material for Ed Norton?
- Septic stuff
- ___ treatment plant
- Treatment plant fodder
- Treatment plant input
More clues leading to the result SLAG
- Dross
- Refinery leftover
- Smeltery residue
- Smelting refuse
- Smelter residue
- Tailings
- Blast furnace by-product
- Smeltery waste
- Diss, in the UK
- Hot industrial waste
More clues leading to the result LOSE
- Get trounced
- Mislay
- Place or show
- Take it on the chin
- Come in second
- Finish last
- Finish second
- Give the slip to
- Misplace
- Come in last
More clues leading to the result FRITTERAWAY
- Waste
- Squander little by little
- Squander slowly
- Squander
- Waste little by little (6 to 8)
- "Get thee gone, fried fiend!"?
More clues leading to the result LOSS
- Balance sheet minus
- Misplacement
- Setback
- Fullback's setback
- Sports-page stat
- Forfeiture
- Negative yardage, in football
- Profit's counterpart
- _____ leader
- Bad investment outcome
More clues leading to the result REFUSE
More clues leading to the result SEWERAGE
- Waste
- Waste system
- Refuse liquid
- System of conduits.
- Waste-disposal system
- Ed Norton's field of work
- It's wasteful to Ed Norton
- It's wasteful to Ed Norton?
- City sanitation part
- Conduit system
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.
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 RAVAGE
More clues leading to the result SQUANDER
More clues leading to the result ELIMINATE
- Remove
- Weed out
- Knock out of contention
- Drop
- Cut out
- Scratch
- Get rid of.
- Liquidate.
- "___ the negative."
- Exclude.
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 FIDDLEAWAY
More clues leading to the result RUBOUT
More clues leading to the result DETRITUS
More clues leading to the result SPOILAGE
- It's preventable with preservatives
- Food dealer's concern.
- Fruit shipper's concern.
- Fruiterer's concern
- Waste
- Fruitery problem
- Cause of a bad-smelling refrigerator
- Process of going bad
- Problem for produce dealers
- Grocer's concern
More clues leading to the result SCRAP
More clues leading to the result DISSIPATE
More clues leading to the result SNUFFOUT
More clues leading to the result IDLE
- Lay off
- Like some threats
- Not in use
- Not working
- Twiddling one's thumbs
- Cleese's cohort, once
- Inactive
- Like chatter, perhaps
- Run in neutral
- Unoccupied