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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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