Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Rub out (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERASE
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Notes
The answer ERASE is very common and appears about once every 27 puzzles.
Related Clues
Clear
Delete
Eliminate
Eradicate
Expunge
Obliterate
Remove
Bump off
Clean the blackboard
Clean the board
Clean off
Clean the slate
Clean, in a way
Clear the blackboard
Clear the board
Clear, as a chalkboard
Clear, as a tape
Demagnetize, maybe
Remove, as characters
Remove from the tape
Rub the board
Scratch out
Sponge out
Strike out
Take off
Take out
Use artgum
Wipe out
Begin some revising
Completely demagnetize, say
Get off the drive, say
Begin to correct, maybe
Not leave one's mark
Definition
ERASE as a verb:
1. (erase, wipe out) = remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
2. (erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off) = remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
3. (erase, delete) = wipe out magnetically recorded information