The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEMON , but the solution may also be FLOP which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Dud crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEMON | 56 % | 5 |
| FLOP | 23 % | 4 |
| FAILURE | 5 % | 7 |
| FALSEALARM | 4 % | 10 |
| BOMB | 4 % | 4 |
| LOSER | 2 % | 5 |
| STINKER | 2 % | 7 |
| BURGER | 2 % | 6 |
| TURKEY | 2 % | 6 |
| SINGLEPIECEOFCLOTHING | 2 % | 21 |
Why may FLOP be the right solution?
"Flop" is a slang term for a complete failure, which is synonymous with "dud." Therefore, "Flop" is the right solution for the crossword clue "Dud."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dud
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- misfire
- flop
- unloaded
- washout
- bomb
- turkey
- flawed
- fault
- loser
- miss
- failed
- failure
Crossword Answer definitions
LEMON noun- A yellowish citrus fruit.
- A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
- A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
- A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
- A defective or inadequate item or individual.
- (shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
- A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).
- To flavour with lemon.
- Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
- Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
- (from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.
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 LEMON
- Iced-tea add-in
- Ade juice
- Ade variety
- Detroit dud
- Problematic car
- Symbol of sourness
- A real dud
- Water garnish
- Auto freshener option
- Subject of many a "Car Talk" call
More clues leading to the result FLOP
- Broadway bomb
- Turkey
- Big money loser
- Expensive bomb
- Max Bialystock's hope
- Bomb of a show
- Foul play?
- Do poorly at the theater
- Broadway failure
- Turkey on the stage
More clues leading to the result FAILURE
- Dud
- Part three of quote
- Lack of success
- Kakorrhaphiophobe's fear
- Bomb
- Theme of this puzzle
- What "you always pass ... on your way to success": Mickey Rooney
- Insolvency.
- Ruin.
- Falling short.
More clues leading to the result FALSEALARM
- Fire department headache
- Groundless warning
- Bogus bell
- Hook-and-ladder distraction
- Wolf cry, often?
- Firefighters' bane
- Dud.
- Instance of "cry wolf."
- "Sorry, it was nothing"
- Firemen's time-waster
More clues leading to the result BOMB
- Box office flop
- Die, on stage
- Fail at the box office
- Fail big-time
- Turkey
- Broadway turkey
- Explosive
- Broadway flop
- Utter flop
- Filmdom flop
More clues leading to the result LOSER
- "The Born __"
- Consistent failure
- Wanderer
- Hardly a winner
- He has lots of sour-grapes?
- Jenny Craig fan
- Short-straw drawer
- Beck single of 1993
- Beck's breakout single
- Early Beck single
More clues leading to the result STINKER
- Skunk?
- SWEATER MAKEOVERS BECOMES POLECAT
- Something of poor quality
- Movie that rates 0 stars
- "Ain't I a ___?" (Bugs Bunny line)
- Scoundrel
- No-goodnik
- Really tough puzzle, say
- What Bugs Bunny often calls himself
- Meanie
More clues leading to the result BURGER
- Frank alternative
- Fast-food staple
- Fast food order
- Backyard barbecue staple
- Drive-in order
- Popular sandwich: Colloq.
- Warren's successor.
- Chief Justice
- Justice
- He succeeded Warren
More clues leading to the result TURKEY
- Flop
- Dud
- Bomb
- Opposite of smash
- Interested spectator of the Dodecanese.
- Controller of the Dardanelles.
- Inonu's country.
- His days are numbered.
- November symbol.
- Box office flop.