Burned rubber is a phrase used to describe the smell of burning rubber, which is caused when a vehicle's tires are spinning quickly and the friction between the tire and the road causes the rubber to heat up and burn. The term can also be used to describe the sound of a car accelerating quickly. In this crossword, the solutions for burned rubber are TORE (4 letters), SPED (4 letters), and TOREUPTHEROAD (13 letters). Tore means to rip or tear, sped means to move quickly, and toreuptheroad means to drive recklessly. Together, these solutions indicate that burned rubber is caused by driving quickly and recklessly, resulting in the tires spinning and the rubber burning.