Wear down
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 19 crossword solutions for Wear down which appeared recently in USA Today.

We have deemed Wear down as a VERY COMMON crossword clue, we've seen it more than 19 times in a variety of crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "ERODE".

Publications

  • USA Today - Sunday, 6 Jun 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Friday, 14 May 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Sunday, 31 Jan 2021
  • USA Today - Tuesday, 25 Aug 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 17 Jun 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 21 Apr 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 18 Feb 2018
  • The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 20 Apr 2017

Crossword Answers

3 letters

SAP
Deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

FAG
Offensive term for an openly homosexual man

4 letters

TIRE
Hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"

JADE
An old or over-worked horse

WEAR
Go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

GNAW
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

5 letters

WEARY
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

ERODE
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

DRAIN
Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

GRIND
The act of grinding to a powder or dust

6 letters

FAGOUT
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

ABRADE
Wear away

7 letters

FATIGUE
(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"

WEAROFF
Deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"

WEAROUT
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

OUTWEAR
Last longer than others; "This material outwears all others"

TIREOUT
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

8 letters

WEARUPON
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"

WEARTHIN
Deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"