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RUST

4 letters - 5 clues in this collection

RUST is a 4-letter crossword answer with 5 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 171 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

RUST

RUST

4Letters
5Clues in collection
171Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for RUST in this collection

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  • Reddish brown - used 63 times across 33 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Sign of disuse - used 29 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Metal corrosion - used 28 times across 11 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Corrode - used 26 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Oxidize - used 25 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2025

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  • RELY - 4 letters, 1,258 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection
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  • RENO - 4 letters, 1,224 combined xd usages, 22 clues in this collection
  • REAR - 4 letters, 1,211 combined xd usages, 20 clues in this collection

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