Crossword-Solution: RUSTY 5 letters, 60 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word Word Type Definition
Rusty superl. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or
sword; rusty wheat.
Rusty superl. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
Rusty superl. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
Rusty superl. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.
Rusty superl. Rust-colored; dark.
Rusty superl. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
Rusty superl. Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling,
rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.

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RUSTY anagram STRUY, TYRUS, YURTS

We have 60 clues for the answer “RUSTY”

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Way out of practice 1 answer
Benched too long 1 answer
Covered with a layer of iron oxide 1 answer
Former Met Staub 1 answer
Impaired by neglect 1 answer
Impaired from disuse 1 answer
In need of a refresher 1 answer
In need of brushing up 1 answer
In need of practice 1 answer
Inept for want of practice 1 answer
Lacking practice 1 answer
Like many older Americans' French or Spanish 1 answer
Like one who's out of practice 1 answer
Long out of practice 1 answer
Needing practice 1 answer
Needing some practice 1 answer
Nickname for a redhead 1 answer
No longer adequate 1 answer
Not in good form 1 answer
Out of top form 1 answer
Slugger Staub 1 answer
Soundgarden "___ Cage" 1 answer
Unoiled, as a gate's hinge. 1 answer
Out of practice 2 answers
Rip's gun is. 2 answers
Like much junkyard metal 2 answers
DULL by inaction 2 answers
Unpracticed. 3 answers
Oxidized 3 answers
unpractised 4 answers
In bad condition 5 answers
butterfingered 6 answers
CRYONICS, PRACTICE 10 answers
CURRENT PRACTICE 10 answers
AN ABERRANT SEXUAL PRACTICE 10 answers
Wearing away. 14 answers
Out of shape. 14 answers
oxidised 15 answers
Corroded 16 answers
rusted 16 answers
creaking 16 answers
eaten 17 answers
croaking 17 answers
discoloured 18 answers
all thumbs 23 answers
AUSTRALIAN gum tree 23 answers
Lackluster 27 answers
amaranth relative 30 answers
unsharpened 32 answers
Strident 47 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with RUSTY (5)

From far within him he heard a creaking as of rusty portals, and through them came a stern tap-tap-tap, like hammering in the night when one cannot sleep.
Peter Pan James M. Barrie 1991
But for the piece of rusty stovepipe sticking up through the sod, you could have walked over the roof of Ivar’s dwelling without dreaming that you were near a human habitation.
O Pioneers! Willa Cather 1991
That matters should continue pleasant Maryann spoke, who, what with her brown complexion, and the working wrapper of rusty linsey, had at present the mellow hue of an old sketch in oils—notably some of Nicholas Poussin’s:— “Do anybody know of a crooked man, or a lame, or any second-hand fellow at all that would do for poor me?” said Maryann.
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1992
Nor must we forget the captains of the rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces; a rough-looking set of tarpaulins, without the alertness of the Yankee aspect, but contributing an item of no slight importance to our decaying trade.
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1992
With two spatulate hands the handling-machine was digging out and flinging masses of clay into the pear-shaped receptacle above, while with another arm it periodically opened a door and removed rusty and blackened clinkers from the middle part of the machine.
The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells 1992

Quotes with RUSTY (3)

It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do.
Anne Lamott Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
I gave him my best cryptic smile. He did not fall down to his feet, kiss my shoes, and promise me the world. I must be getting rusty.
Ilona Andrews Magic Bites
Never mind that. What's going on with you and Heath?" Annabelle pulled a little wide-eyed innocence out of her rusty bag of college acting skills." What do you mean? Business.""Don't give me that. We've been friends too long." She switched to a furrowed brow. "He's my most important client. You know how much this means to me." Molly wasn't buying it. "I've seen the way you look at him. Like he was a slot machine with triple sevens tattooed on his forehead. If you fall in love…
Susan Elizabeth Phillips Match Me If You Can
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 106 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).