Contaminate, infect (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Contaminate, infect featured in Puzzler Backwords puzzle on November 21, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TAINT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TAINT Contaminate, infect (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 21, 2025
8% POLLUTE Contaminate (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 6, 2025
8% TAINTS Contaminates (6) Commuter Sep 18, 2025
7% SCAB Protection from an infection (4) New York Times Nov 12, 2025
7% TCELL Infection fighter (5) Universal Oct 19, 2025
7% PIKE Uncovered contaminated fish (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 16, 2025
7% ADULTERATING Tainting, contaminating (12) The Times Concise Oct 7, 2025
7% PURER Less contaminated (5) The Times Concise Sep 23, 2025
7% PURE Not contaminated (4)
6% BOTNET Group of malware-infected devices (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 17, 2025

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