The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FAILS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2017.
Bombs crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAILS | 22 % | 5 |
| FLOPS | 22 % | 5 |
| DUDS | 22 % | 4 |
| GRENADES | 11 % | 8 |
| FIASCOS | 11 % | 7 |
| FALLSFLAT | 11 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bombs
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bombard
- bomb calorimeter
- flunk
- dud
- fail
- turkey
- flush it
- attack
- attacks
- auto
- automobiles
- autos
Crossword Answer definitions
FAILS noun- Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
- A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
- A failure (something incapable of success)
- A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
- A failing grade in an academic examination.
- To be unsuccessful.
- Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To neglect.
- Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
- To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- To miss attaining; to lose.
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
- To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
- To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
- To perish; to die; used of a person.
- To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- A piece of turf cut from grassland.
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 FAILS
- Falls on one's face
- Falls short
- Goes belly-up
- Does not pass
- Comes up short
- Doesn't get the credit?
- Doesn't pass
- Bombs miserably
- Misses the mark
- Doesn't cut it
More clues leading to the result FLOPS
- End of rubber sandals, (with 46A)
- Belly ___ (bad dives)
- Failures
- Falls flat
- Zero-star movies
- Turkeys
- Fiascos
- Broadway bombs
- Broadway busts
- Lays an egg
More clues leading to the result DUDS
- Many straight-to-DVD movies
- Firecrackers that don't explode
- Failures
- Threads
- Apparel
- Lead balloons
- Turkeys
- Suit of clothes
- Fizzled firecrackers
- Clothing, colloquially
More clues leading to the result GRENADES
- Pineapples
- Hand-launched bombs
- "Pineapples," to a soldier
- Handheld explosives
- Weapons of war
- They're launched in wars
- Smoke dispensers, at times
- Infantry weapons
- Items in a commando's bandoleer
- Weapons.
More clues leading to the result FIASCOS
- Major flops
- Debacles
- Catastrophes
- Spectacular flops
- Major disasters
- Ignominious failures.
- Flat failures.
- Flops.
- Botches.
- Bombs