The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RELAPSE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Backslide crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RELAPSE | 52 % | 7 |
| LAPSE | 24 % | 5 |
| REGRESS | 13 % | 7 |
| REVERT | 9 % | 6 |
| ERR | 1 % | 3 |
| FALLBEHIND | 1 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Backslide
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lapse
- relapse
- revert
- regress
- falter
- stagnate
- retrogress
- backpedal
- overextend
- downshift
- tumble
- fizzle
Crossword Answer definitions
RELAPSE noun- The act or situation of relapsing.
- An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
- One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
- To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- (of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
- To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result RELAPSE
- Setback of sorts
- Backslide
- Setback of a sort
- Fall off the wagon
- Get sick again
- Backslide, medically
- Recovery setback
- Slip back into a former practice
- It sometimes follows rehab
- Fall back
More clues leading to the result LAPSE
- Breach
- Run out
- Expire
- Spiritual fall
- Spell of forgetfulness
- Gap, as in time
- Fall back
- Slip
- Moment of blanking out
- Pass by
More clues leading to the result REGRESS
- Backslide
- Fall back
- Go back
- Go backwards
- Go back.
- Retrograde.
- Withdrawal.
- Turn backward
- Withdrawal
- Move backward
More clues leading to the result REVERT
- Return to a former condition
- Backslide
- Go back (to a previous version)
- Go back to square one
- Backslide, perhaps
- Go back to the way you were
- Fall back on old ways
- Go back (to), as a habit
- Return, as to a past practice
- Go back
More clues leading to the result ERR
- Be human
- Be human?
- Be off the mark
- Be sadly mistaken
- Blow it
- Do the wrong thing
- Drop a popup
- Go astray
- Go wrong
- Goof