Answer to "Fail to catch" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MISS , but the solution may also be MUFF which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in USA Today).

Fail to catch crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
MISS	50 %	4
DROP	25 %	4
MUFF	25 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fail to catch

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• miss
• drop
• drop the ball
• ball
• drops
• balls
• dropping
• girl
• ladies
• dropped
• drag
• bucket

Crossword Answer definitions

MISS noun

1. A failure to hit.
2. A failure to obtain or accomplish.
3. An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
4. The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.

MISS verb

1. To fail to hit.
2. To fail to achieve or attain.
3. To avoid; to escape.
4. To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
5. To fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
6. To fail to attend.
7. To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
8. To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
9. (said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
10. To fail to score (a goal).
11. To go wrong; to err.
12. To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

MISS noun

1. A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
2. An unmarried woman; a girl.
3. A kept woman; a mistress.
4. In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.

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 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 DROP

• What you wait for the other shoe to do
• Cease to consider
• Discontinue
• Let fall
• Night deposit
• Knock down
• Pine Bros. unit
• __ leaf table
• Plummet
• Stop doing

More clues leading to the result MUFF

• Bungle
• Mishandle
• Fail to catch
• Bobble
• Botch
• Handle clumsily
• Furry handwarmer
• Hand warmer
• Ear covering
• Hand cover