When wood—for example, a tree stump—is starting to decay inside, you’d say, “It’s ________ inside.”
| ROTTEN | 633 |
| ROTTING | 186 |
| ROTTED | 48 |
| ROTTENING | 41 |
| PUNKY | 33 |
| DOTY | 32 |
| HOLLOW | 25 |
| DECAYING | 16 |
| NR | 13 |
| DECAYED | 12 |
| DETERIORATING | 9 |
| ROTTING AWAY | 9 |
| DOZY | 8 |
| BEGINNING TO ROT | 7 |
| PITHY | 7 |
| DEAD | 6 |
| ROTTED OUT | 6 |
| GETTING ROTTEN | 5 |
| ROTTED AWAY | 5 |
| WORMY | 5 |
| PUNK | 4 |
| DRY ROT | 3 |
| GOING BAD | 3 |
| ROTTING OUT | 3 |
| SOFT | 3 |
| STARTING TO ROT | 3 |
| DISEASED | 2 |
| MOLDY | 2 |
| MUSHY | 2 |
| PETHY | 2 |
| ALL GONE | 1 |
| ALL ROTTED | 1 |
| ALL ROTTEN | 1 |
| BEGAN TO ROTTEN | 1 |
| BEGINNING TO DECAY | 1 |
| BRUSHY | 1 |
| DEAD DECAY | 1 |
| DECOMPOSED | 1 |
| DECOMPOSING | 1 |
| DOTED | 1 |
| DRY ROTTED | 1 |
| DYING | 1 |
| EMPTY | 1 |
| FALLING APART | 1 |
| FIXING TO ROT | 1 |
| FULL OF STUMP WATER | 1 |
| FULL OF TERMITES | 1 |
| FUNKY | 1 |
| GETTING HOLLOW | 1 |
| GETTING K K | 1 |
| GETTING MUSHY | 1 |
| GOING TO PIECES | 1 |
| GONE SPALT | 1 |
| HALF-ROTTEN | 1 |
| HOLLER AT THE BUTT | 1 |
| INFECTED | 1 |
| IT DRY-ROTS | 1 |
| IT’S ROTTING | 1 |
| IT’S ROTTING OUT | 1 |
| MILDEWED | 1 |
| MUSHROOMY | 1 |
| PULPY | 1 |
| RATTY | 1 |
| RED-HEARTED | 1 |
| ROT | 1 |
| ROTTEN AT THE BUTT | 1 |
| ROTTEN AT THE CORE | 1 |
| ROTTEN TO THE CORE | 1 |
| SHAKY | 1 |
| SICK | 1 |
| SPONGY | 1 |
| SPUNKY | 1 |
| TURNING TO PUNK | 1 |
| WORM-EATEN | 1 |
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