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ROTS is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for ROTS.

147 total results for ROTS( score: 50 )

63 results for ROTS from Modern Era puzzles:

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Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Nov 4, 2024	59A	Deteriorates, like old wood	Colin Adams	Fagliano
Fri Jul 12, 2024	7D	Turns, perhaps	Malaika Handa	Fagliano
Sun May 26, 2024	35D	Breaks down (6)	John Kugelman	Fagliano
Sun Aug 6, 2023	70A	Turns, in a sense	Lisa Senzel and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Thu Dec 22, 2022	60D	Goes bad (9)	David Steinberg	Shortz
Sun Jul 3, 2022	55D	Doesn't keep (8)	Tom McCoy	Shortz
Tue Jun 7, 2022	38D	Goes bad (9)	Carly Schuna	Shortz
Sun Nov 21, 2021	49D	Goes to hell (2)	Adam Wagner	Shortz
Sun Nov 8, 2020	38A	Breaks down (6)	Evan Kalish and Caitlin Reid	Shortz
Wed Sep 16, 2020	41D	Doesn't keep (8)	Paul Coulter	Shortz
Sun Sep 6, 2020	65A	Wastes away	David Kwong	Shortz
Fri Aug 9, 2019	46A	Decays	John Guzzetta	Shortz
Sun Dec 2, 2018	74A	Doesn't keep (8)	Paul Coulter	Shortz
Sun Jun 24, 2018	73D	Deteriorates (2)	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Fri May 12, 2017	54D	Spoils badly	Bill Clinton and Victor Fleming	Shortz
Fri Feb 3, 2017	22A	Is no longer good	Paolo Pasco	Shortz
Wed Nov 23, 2016	47D	Becomes compost	David Steinberg	Shortz
Sun Nov 22, 2015	120D	Turns bad (2)	Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff Chen	Shortz
Mon Jan 19, 2015	57D	Goes bad (9)	Jean O'Conor	Shortz
Tue Dec 16, 2014	65A	Decomposes (2)	Joel D. Lafargue	Shortz
Sun Aug 17, 2014	27D	Breaks down (6)	Caleb Madison	Shortz
Tue Jul 8, 2014	35A	Goes to pot	Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski	Shortz
Sun Apr 6, 2014	92A	Breaks down (6)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Thu Feb 27, 2014	4D	Turns bad (2)	Stanley Newman	Shortz
Thu Aug 29, 2013	63A	Falls into decay	Timothy Polin	Shortz
Sun Sep 11, 2011	56D	Goes bad (9)	Kay Anderson	Shortz
Fri Aug 20, 2010	18A	Languishes in the lockup	Brad Wilber	Shortz
Thu Aug 19, 2010	7D	Spoils (4)	Kristian House	Shortz
Tue Apr 13, 2010	51D	Goes bad (9)	Alex Boisvert	Shortz
Sun Dec 20, 2009	88A	Goes to hell (2)	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Sat Nov 21, 2009	28D	Degenerates	Gary J. Whitehead	Shortz
Sat May 2, 2009	55D	Spoils (4)	Peter A. Collins	Shortz
Thu Jan 22, 2009	26D	Fails to keep (2)	Gary J. Whitehead	Shortz
Tue May 6, 2008	71A	Fails to keep (2)	Gary J. Whitehead	Shortz
Mon Mar 24, 2008	38A	Goes bad, as fruit	David J. Kahn	Shortz
Sat Oct 20, 2007	48D	Breaks down (6)	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Fri Nov 17, 2006	4D	Deteriorates (2)	Beth Hinshaw	Shortz
Fri Apr 21, 2006	19A	Doesn't keep (8)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz
Mon Dec 26, 2005	56D	Goes bad (9)	Allan E. Parrish	Shortz
Wed Aug 10, 2005	61D	Raises a stink?	Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette	Shortz
Sun Apr 10, 2005	71D	Breaks down (6)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Fri Mar 5, 2004	5D	Breaks down, in a way	Gary Steinmehl	Shortz
Wed Dec 31, 2003	30D	Makes a stink?	Alan Arbesfeld	Shortz
Tue Feb 25, 2003	54D	Goes bad (9)	Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Wed Feb 19, 2003	17A	Doesn't keep (8)	Sarah Keller	Shortz
Sun Oct 20, 2002	24D	Doesn't keep (8)	Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Mon Apr 29, 2002	1D	Goes bad (9)	Holden Baker	Shortz
Sat Feb 9, 2002	11D	Languishes in confinement	Rich Norris	Shortz
Wed Feb 21, 2001	1D	Goes bad (9)	Karen Hodge	Shortz
Thu Jan 11, 2001	5D	Falls apart (2)	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz
Thu Jun 29, 2000	40D	Turns	Robert H. Wolfe	Shortz
Sun Jan 9, 2000	116A	Doesn't keep (8)	Charles M. Deber	Shortz
Sun Oct 31, 1999	79A	Doesn't keep (8)	Frank A. Longo	Shortz
Tue Apr 27, 1999	13D	Goes to waste (2)	Fred Piscop	Shortz
Mon Feb 22, 1999	3D	Decomposes (2)	Gregory E. Paul	Shortz
Sun Nov 29, 1998	115A	Languishes	Matt Gaffney	Shortz
Sat Oct 25, 1997	53D	Falls apart (2)	John Scott Marrone	Shortz
Sat Mar 15, 1997	51D	Molders	Daniel R. Stark	Shortz
Fri Sep 20, 1996	50D	Stagnates	J. Page	Shortz
Tue Mar 26, 1996	1D	Spoils (4)	J. S. Marrone	Shortz
Mon Sep 4, 1995	60A	Putrefies	Richard Thomas	Shortz
Sun Mar 20, 1994	31A	Goes to waste (2)	Joel Davajan	Shortz
Sun Dec 5, 1993	120A	Spoils (4)	Manny Nosowsky	Shortz

1 result for ROTS from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Nov 27, 2022	Panda	5D	Sort of goes bad	Alex Eaton-Salners	Shortz

83 results for ROTS from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Dec 18, 1992	29D	Putrefies	Michael A. Rampino	Maleska
Sat Dec 12, 1992	67A	Molders	Stanley B. Whitten	Maleska
Fri Mar 13, 1992	1D	Decays	Ernst Theimer	Maleska
Fri Mar 6, 1992	3D	Erodes	Bryant White	Maleska
Wed Nov 21, 1990	24A	Spoils	Martha J. DeWitt	Maleska
Mon Oct 8, 1990	7D	Decays	Fred Toole	Maleska
Wed Jul 11, 1990	68A	Decays	Betty Jorgensen	Maleska
Thu Jul 5, 1990	61D	Deteriorates	Kenneth Witte	Maleska
Sun Feb 11, 1990	57A	Degenerates	Arnold Moss	Maleska
Sun Feb 4, 1990	62A	Hurdy-gurdies	Donald V. Lee II	Maleska
Tue Aug 29, 1989	5D	Putrefies	Harold B. Counts	Maleska
Mon Aug 21, 1989	1A	Decays	Peter G. Snow	Maleska
Tue Jul 25, 1989	61D	Decomposes	Christopher Sherwood	Maleska
Sun Feb 26, 1989	91D	Deteriorates	Warren W. Reich	Maleska
Wed Dec 14, 1988	19A	Decays	William S. McIlrath	Maleska
Tue Sep 27, 1988	37A	Decays	Whitten	Maleska
Wed Jul 6, 1988	63A	Degenerates	Robert O. Dillman	Maleska
Wed Mar 30, 1988	58D	Decays	Shirley Soloway	Maleska
Sat Dec 12, 1987	38D	Molders	Harold B. Counts	Maleska
Fri Oct 9, 1987	55D	Molders	Rita Yelle	Maleska
Sun Jul 19, 1987	3D	Decays	Kathryn Righter	Maleska
Fri May 30, 1986	36D	Decays	Gayle Dean	Maleska
Mon May 12, 1986	22A	Decays	Sidney L. Robbins	Maleska
Fri Dec 13, 1985	63A	Spoils	William S. McIlrath	Maleska
Mon Dec 9, 1985	21A	Putrifies	H. Hastings Reddall	Maleska
Wed Jul 10, 1985	62A	Decays	Fred Toole	Maleska
Mon Aug 22, 1983	64A	Decomposes	Nancy McCarthy	Maleska
Sun Jun 19, 1983	11D	Decomposes	Arnold Moss	Maleska
Sun Feb 20, 1983	56D	Molders	Maurice J. Teitelbaum	Maleska
Wed Oct 6, 1982	64A	Molders	Samuel K. Fliegner	Maleska
Wed Sep 22, 1982	23A	Decays	Jack R. Harnes	Maleska
Mon Aug 16, 1982	39A	Decays	Norman S. Wizer	Maleska
Sat Aug 7, 1982	23A	Goes bad	William Lutwiniak	Maleska
Wed Apr 14, 1982	6D	Plant diseases	John Greenman	Maleska
Fri Jun 12, 1981	40A	Spoils	Mary Virginia Orna	Maleska
Tue Aug 26, 1980	25D	Deteriorates	Joan Whitman	Maleska
Sat Aug 9, 1980	29D	Molders	Jack L. Steinhardt	Maleska
Tue Jan 15, 1980	65A	Spoils	Rubin	Maleska
Tue Nov 6, 1979	40A	Decays	Jean J. Davison	Maleska
Wed Apr 11, 1979	52A	Deteriorates	Weil	Maleska
Sun May 28, 1978	45A	Putrefies	Henry Hook	Maleska
Tue Feb 7, 1978	59A	Deteriorates	Robert W. Sturges	Maleska
Tue Apr 8, 1975	27D	Goes bad	William Lutwiniak	Weng
Fri Aug 16, 1974	69A	Goes bad	Bert H. Kruse	Weng
Sun Jan 27, 1974	131D	Goes bad	Alexander Black	Weng
Sat Aug 4, 1973	7D	Decays	Unknown	Weng
Sat Mar 3, 1973	35A	Decays	Unknown	Weng
Mon Feb 12, 1973	48A	Deteriorates	Unknown	Weng
Thu Dec 7, 1972	64A	Goes bad	Unknown	Weng
Sat Jan 22, 1972	10A	Deteriorates	Unknown	Weng
Fri Nov 5, 1971	21A	Spoils	Unknown	Weng
Thu Sep 30, 1971	28A	Goes bad	Unknown	Weng
Wed May 5, 1971	24A	Deteriorates	Unknown	Weng
Tue Mar 16, 1971	3D	Goes bad	Unknown	Weng
Sat Feb 14, 1970	58D	Decays	Unknown	Weng
Mon Apr 14, 1969	1D	Decays.	Unknown	Weng
Wed Jul 24, 1968	54D	Deteriorates.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Dec 5, 1965	103A	Spoils.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Wed Aug 18, 1965	18D	Goes to pot.	Unknown	Farrar
Sun Mar 22, 1964	37D	Spoils.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Aug 25, 1963	42D	Goes to ruin.	Stephanie Caruana	Farrar
Sun Jul 15, 1962	105A	Spoils.	Jean Reed	Farrar
Sun Apr 29, 1962	148A	Spoils.	W. E. Jones	Farrar
Mon Apr 11, 1960	6D	Spoils.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Dec 2, 1959	10D	Spoils.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Oct 27, 1958	51D	Spoils.	Helen Fasulo	Farrar
Tue Jul 23, 1957	18D	Putrefies.	Sidney Lambert	Farrar
Sun Jul 1, 1956	95A	Spoils.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Mon Oct 10, 1955	56D	Spoils.	M. S. Manning	Farrar
Sat Aug 13, 1955	28D	Spoils.	Unknown	Farrar
Fri Mar 4, 1955	22D	Spoils.	Bernice Gordon	Farrar
Tue Sep 21, 1954	26A	Decomposes.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Sep 19, 1954	15D	Decomposes.	Arthur Schulman	Farrar
Mon Jan 25, 1954	50A	Goes bad.	Willard Jordan	Farrar
Fri Sep 11, 1953	31A	Spoils.	Edward Buckler	Farrar
Sun Jun 7, 1953	111A	Wastes away.	Harold T. Bers	Farrar
Thu Jul 24, 1952	40A	Decomposes.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Dec 22, 1951	54D	Spoils.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jun 11, 1951	47A	Undergoes decomposition.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Dec 2, 1950	21D	Goes bad.	Eugene T. Maleska	Farrar
Sun Dec 14, 1947	20D	Decomposes.	Louise Rabb	Farrar
Sun Mar 23, 1947	100D	Corrupts.	W. W. Webster	Farrar
Sun Feb 27, 1944	12D	Putrefies.	James E. Kisner	Farrar

Anagrams:

ROST, ORTS, TROS, TORS, SORT, STOR, STRO

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