The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FLUNK , but the solution may also be GO UNDER (from UNDERGO) which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Fail crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLUNK | 24 % | 5 |
| GOUNDER | 11 % | 7 |
| MISS | 8 % | 4 |
| GOBUST | 5 % | 6 |
| COMEACROPPER | 5 % | 12 |
| LOSEOUT | 5 % | 7 |
| LOSE | 5 % | 4 |
| MISFIRE | 3 % | 7 |
| FLOP | 3 % | 4 |
| GOBROKE | 3 % | 7 |
| AMOUNTTONOTHING | 3 % | 15 |
| GODOWN | 3 % | 6 |
| RENIG | 3 % | 5 |
| SKIDS | 3 % | 5 |
| GOBELLYUP | 3 % | 9 |
| ERR | 3 % | 3 |
| MISCARRY | 3 % | 8 |
| NOTPASS | 3 % | 7 |
| MISSTHEBOAT | 3 % | 11 |
| GO UNDER (from UNDERGO) | 3 % | 23 |
| BITETHEDUST | 3 % | 11 |
Why may GO-UNDER-FROM-UNDERGO be the right solution?
The answer "GO UNDER" fits the clue "Fail" because it means to be unsuccessful or to come to an end without success. It can also be derived from the word "UNDERGO," which means to experience or undergo something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fail
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- flunk
- miscarry
- neglect
- go wrong
- die
- break down
- betray
- conk out
- break
- give way
- run out
- give out
Crossword Answer definitions
FLUNK verb- Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
- Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
- To shirk (a task or duty).
- To back out through fear. (Commonly in the phrase 'flunk it', the 'it' referring to a specific task avoided; sometimes without specific reference describing a person's attitude to life in general.)
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 FLUNK
- Not even get a D
- Not pass
- Fail
- One usually leads to a repeat
- Score below D
- Earn an F
- Do badly
- Fail: Colloq.
- Fail.
- Not make the grade.
More clues leading to the result GOUNDER
More clues leading to the result MISS
- Get the wrong idea
- Overlook
- ___ Saigon (Broadway musical)
- Pageant contestant
- Pine for
- Flower girl's courtesy title
- Don't connect
- Be nostalgic for
- Feel nostalgic for
- Take a raincheck
More clues leading to the result GOBUST
- Lose everything
- Experience bankruptcy
- Fail
- Lose it all
- Tank
- Lose one's shirt
- Become bankrupt: Slang
- Lose one's shirt, in business
- Totally fail
- Lose an all-in hand, say
More clues leading to the result COMEACROPPER
More clues leading to the result LOSEOUT
- Fail to achieve an expected gain
- Miss an opportunity
- Suffer defeat
- Miss one's chance
- Draw the short straw
- Miss the boat
- Be defeated: Colloq.
- Be defeated.
- Fail.
- Flunk
More clues leading to the result LOSE
- Get trounced
- Mislay
- Place or show
- Take it on the chin
- Come in second
- Finish last
- Finish second
- Give the slip to
- Misplace
- Come in last
More clues leading to the result MISFIRE
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 GOBROKE
More clues leading to the result AMOUNTTONOTHING
More clues leading to the result GODOWN
More clues leading to the result RENIG
- Welsh.
- Break one's word.
- Fail.
- Welsh on a promise: Colloq.
- Fail to follow suit.
- Play the wrong card.
- Betray a promise: Colloq.
- Break a promise: Colloq.
- Go back on a promise: Colloq.
- Break one's word: Colloq.
More clues leading to the result SKIDS
- Goes all over the icy road
- Hits a patch of black ice
- Loses control in the winter
- Loses traction
- Loses traction on the road
- Road to ruin, with "the"
- Has trouble on the ice
- Loses control, in a way
- Slides instead of rolling
- On the ___ (in decline)
More clues leading to the result GOBELLYUP
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