Clues for the word "ROTS"
We've had 85 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 510 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 05, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Molders
- Falls apart
- Languishes
- Goes to waste
- Decomposes
- Doesn't keep
- Turns
- Goes bad
- Languishes in confinement
- Makes a stink?
- Breaks down, in a way
- Breaks down
- Raises a stink?
- Deteriorates
- Goes bad, as fruit
- Fails to keep
- Spoils
- Goes to seed
- Decays
- Withers on the vine
- Wastes away
- Molders away
- Turns into compost
- Degenerates
- Goes to hell
- Gets gangrenous
- Debauches
- Becomes inedible
- Gets spoiled
- Sours
- Crumbles up
- Turns bad
- Becomes compost
- Putrefies
- Goes bad, in a way
- Doesn't keep?
- Goes to pot
- Turns to mush
- Languishes in the lockup
- Addles
- Goes to the dogs
- Crumbles
- Gets smelly, say
- Goes sour
- Turns sour
- Becomes inedible, in a way
- Disintegrates
- Goes rancid
- Falls into decay
- Starts to attract flies, say
- Turns green, maybe
- Seriously deteriorates
- Languishes: slang
- Falls into ruin
- Disintegrates gradually
- Deteriorates and then some
- Is no longer good
- Spoils badly
- Turns rancid
- Goes bad, as an apple
- Turns in the fridge
- Impaled "All That ___"
- What acoustic's wood does, perhaps
- Turns putrid
- Withers
- Starts to smell
- Becomes inedible, maybe
- Becomes bad
- Gets in a bad state
- Languishes in prison
- Biodegrades, say
- Turns to compost
- Becomes spongy, as wood
- Turns colors, maybe
- Falls prey to decay
- Moulders
- Gets into a bad state
- Reacts to weather and water, as wood, over time
- What fruit eventually does
- Decays, as wood
- Turns, in a sense
- Turns, perhaps
- Deteriorates, like old wood
- Breaks down in a compost bin
- Becomes rancid
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 05, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 21, 2026
- LA Times - January 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - November 20, 2025
- Daily American - November 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 22, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 10, 2025
- LA Times - August 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 21, 2025
- Daily American - August 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 24, 2025
- New York Times - June 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 07, 2025
- New York Times - April 16, 2025
- Daily American - April 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 01, 2025
- New York Times - March 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 09, 2025
- LA Times - February 13, 2025
- USA Today - February 06, 2025
- New York Times - January 28, 2025
- LA Times - January 28, 2025
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