Clues for the word "ROT"
We've had 299 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1525 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 24, 2026.
Definition of rot
- v. i. - To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.
- v. i. - Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
- v. t. - To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.
- v. t. - To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- n. - Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
- n. - A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.
- n. - A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.
Referring Clues
- Degenerate badly
- Rubbish
- Go bad
- Bunk
- Nonsense
- Twaddle
- "Baloney!"
- Horsefeathers
- Spoil
- Dry ___
- Root problem?
- Balderdash
- Become unusable
- Decay
- Poppycock
- Humbug
- Baloney
- Become inedible
- Ludicrous comments
- Malarkey
- Form compost
- Fail to keep
- Applesauce
- Go to waste
- Drivel
- Turn bad
- Make a stink?
- Moonshine
- Eyewash
- Gibberish
- Raise a stink?
- "Hogwash!"
- Hooey
- Break down
- Flapdoodle
- Decompose
- Turn
- Go to seed
- Languish
- Claptrap
- Start to smell, maybe
- Hogwash
- Hokum
- Start making a stink?
- "Horsefeathers!"
- Fall to pieces
- Waste away
- "Nonsense!"
- Stuff and nonsense
- "Poppycock!"
- Raise a stink
- Degenerate
- Deteriorate
- Pure baloney
- Undergo decomposition
- Turn sour
- Turn into compost
- Bunkum
- Cause of malodors
- Putrefaction
- Putrefy
- Sour
- Falderal
- "Bah!"
- Become moldy
- Utter nonsense
- Blatherskite
- Spoil, as food
- Go bad, as fruit
- Become rancid
- Foolishness
- Tripe
- "Rubbish!"
- Stay forever, as in jail
- It befalls fallen fruit
- Become compost
- British baloney
- Problem affecting old lumber
- Fall into decay
- Bosh
- Go bad, in a way
- Cause of malodor
- Become rancid, in a way
- Sit in a dump
- What some things do to raise a stink
- "Applesauce!"
- Tommy follower?
- Go to waste, in a way
- Turn to compost
- Become compost, perhaps
- Biodegrade
- Macerate
- Spoilage
- Become decayed
- Cheap booze
- Disintegrate
- Turn bad, as meat
- Undergo decay
- Bushwa
- Not keep
- Molder
- "Balderdash!"
- "Rubbish!"
- Gobbledygook
- Stuff and nonsense!
- "Nonsense!," to a Brit
- Become maggot-infested, perhaps
- Go foul?
- Flummery
- Deterioration
- Baloney
- Carrot or beet
- Go bad, as a plum
- Bilge water
- Empty talk
- "Bah!"
- Become yucky, perhaps
- 'Poppycock!'
- Deteriora-tion
- Go rancid
- Get rancid
- Turn rancid
- See 83-Down
- Floorboard problem
- Grow rancid
- Get sour
- Problem in old wood
- Biodegrade, say
- Tommy's follower?
- Foolish talk
- Blather
- Make a big stink?
- Corruption
- Baloney!
- Garbage
- Crazy talk
- Smell up the fridge, say
- Disintegrate slowly
- Become degenerate
- Moulder
- "Stuff and nonsense!"
- Corrode
- Water damage
- Spoilage added to the seven longest Across answers
- Become inedible, in a way
- Putrify
- Wood problem
- Nonsense, in London
- Go to the dogs
- Start to stink, say
- Blarney
- Bilge
- Codswallop
- Bosh or tosh
- Turn to mush
- Start to smell, perhaps
- Jive
- Turn green, perhaps
- Get spoiled
- Go bad, as food
- Guff
- Bull
- Plant disease
- Pollution
- Go beyond ripe
- Complete nonsense
- What untreated wood will do, over time
- Total nonsense
- Utter inanity: slang
- Plant problem
- Nonsensical talk
- Go to pieces
- Get decayed
- Languish in prison, slangily
- Non-sense
- Decay, as a piece of fruit
- Go bad, like fruit
- "aloney!22
- Rocky outcrop stuck up? Nonsense!
- Gradually go bad, as food
- Start to decay
- Become moldy, as fruit
- "For Those About to ___"
- What Sponge's "Pinata" will do
- DevilDriver "Head on to Heartache (Let Them ___)"
- Sepultura "Filthy ___"
- Brotherly tosh?
- Don't keep? Nonsense!
- Right to get out for a duck? Nonsense!
- A disease of carrots?
- Tosh from a protester?
- Go off hill climbing
- With "Don't you believe it!" go off
- Tripe can be eaten in cars!
- Almost torn up as mere rubbish
- Rubbish from Wrotham
- Nonsense from one's betrothed
- Up to R for "rubbish"
- A little nonsense to hearten one's betrothed?
- Decay - nonsense
- See 17
- Go off nonsense
- Grow mold
- Fall prey to decay
- Fall to ruin
- Go off recipe books
- Root ___ (plant disease)
- Go bad, as vegetables
- Spoil, like old food
- Turn bad, like fruit
- Rubbish in a bad state
- Brit's "Nonsense!"
- Dry ___ (wood problem)
- Get soft and mushy
- Turn to mush, as a banana
- Languish, as in jail
- Tommy's tosh?
- Decay into nothing
- Decay away
- Rubbish or trash
- Rubbish from a protester
- Languish in prison
- Cause of malodor, perhaps
- Brotherly bunkum?
- Utter malarkey
- Lumber problem
- Plant woe
- Emulate a bad egg
- Become inedible, perhaps
- Corruption from deep inside
- Turn, as a lemon
- Tommy add-on
- Start to stink, perhaps
- Pyrotechnical tosh
- Break down to dust
- Zombie affliction
- Fall apart, perhaps
- We accepted this rubbish as what the author did
- Beans or baloney
- Decompose naturally
- Tripe or decay
- It's a bad thing to do
- Wood deck ruiner
- Arborist's woe
- Lose edibility
- Fruit concern
- Utter rubbish
- Go way past ripeness
- Brotherly nonsense?
- Get part of the story wrong and it's nonsense!
- Decay to mush
- Turn to mush, say
- The natural breaking down of proteins?
- Rubbish almost torn up
- Decline in integrity
- Go way beyond ripe
- It's incomprehensible to Tommy!
- With "Nonsense!" mount up
- Brotherly tosh?
- A disease of carrots?
- Tosh from a protester?
- Get moldy, perhaps
- Really decay
- Become easily breakable wood
- Have wood become cake-soft
- Go past overripe
- Decay badly
- Full throttle? Nonsense!
- Rubbish you've a right to return!
- Become unsafe to eat
- The bad end of a carrot
- -
- Turn inedible
- Fester
- Decay, like wood
- Turn putrid
- Wood decay
- Rubbish from Wrotham?
- Go green, perhaps?
- Go bad, like a jack-o'-lantern two days after carving, seemingly
- Deteriorate to mush
- Gradually wear away, as wood
- A little nonsense to hearten one's betrothed?
- Wither away
- Corruption, metaphorically
- Break down, in a way
- Go bad, like the contents of a compost bin
- Decay, as wood
- Turn brown, maybe
- What old apples do
- Become spoiled
- Turn for the worse
- Turn from food to compost
- An infection of carrots?
- Turn from yellow to brown, as a banana
- Brain ___: 2024 Oxford Word of the Year
- Start to attract fruit flies, perhaps
- Brain ___ (low-quality internet content)
- Turn to mush, maybe
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 24, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 17, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 13, 2026
- LA Times - February 09, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 06, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 30, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 29, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 22, 2026
- New York Times - January 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 14, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - January 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 21, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 03, 2025
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