| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| WEARINGDOWN | Rubbing away | |
| WEARING | Rubbing away | |
| WEARNGDOWN | Rubbing away | |
| WEARINGAWAY | Rubbing away | |
| ABRASION | The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins. | |
| WIPE | To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively. | |
| SCOUR | To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away. | |
| GALL | To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable. | |