The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ROTS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Wastes away crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROTS | 56 % | 4 |
| MACERATES | 11 % | 9 |
| ERODES | 11 % | 6 |
| ATROPHIES | 11 % | 9 |
| GNAWS | 11 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wastes away
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wasting away
- waste away
- wither away
- perishes
- deteriorates
- languishes
- wasted
- wasting asset
- worthlessness
- degenerating
- wastefulness
- uselessness
Crossword Answer definitions
ROTS noun- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- Decaying matter.
- Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- Verbal nonsense.
- To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- To decline in function or utility.
- To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- To talk nonsense.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result ROTS
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More clues leading to the result ERODES
- Wears away
- Chips away at
- Eats away at
- Eats away
- Eats at
- Washes away
- Wears down
- Creates ravines
- Creates, as a gorge
- Undermines