Rotten
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Rotten" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 33 crossword solutions for Rotten.

We most recently saw this clue in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

We deem Rotten to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 33 times in a variety of crossword publications.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 15 Nov 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 8 Oct 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Friday, 7 May 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 7 Apr 2021
  • USA Today - Saturday, 6 Mar 2021
  • The New York Times Mini - Saturday, 3 Feb 2018
  • The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 8 Nov 2017

Crossword Answers

3 letters

BAD
Nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"

OFF
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

4 letters

EVIL
Morally objectionable behavior

ICKY
Soft and sticky

RANK
The body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

5 letters

AWFUL
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

FETID
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

ACRID Michael Mina
Harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

MOLDY
Covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"

LOUSY
Vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"

6 letters

NOGOOD

RANCID
Smelling of fermentation or staleness

ADDLED
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"

ROTTED
Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"

CRAPPY
Very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

SMELLY
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

SORDID
Meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

PUTRID
Morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"

MOULDY Michael Mina
Covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"

PUTRID Surinder Sobti

STINKY
Having an unpleasant smell

SHITTY
Very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

7 letters

NOISOME
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

CURDLED Michael Mina
Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"

SPOILED
Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child"

GONEBAD

CORRUPT
Alter from the original

DECAYED
Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"

8 letters

STINKING
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

9 letters

WORTHLESS
Lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"

PUTREFIED

10 letters

ABOMINABLE
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

DECOMPOSED