The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LAPSE , but the solution may also be GOINGPFFT which is one of the most recent solution (2009 in Newsday).
Failing crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAPSE | 25 % | 5 |
| ERROR | 25 % | 5 |
| SENILE | 13 % | 6 |
| VICE | 13 % | 4 |
| GOINGPFFT | 13 % | 9 |
| SIN | 13 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Failing
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- weakness
- unsatisfactory
- unsuccessful
- deteriorating
- declining
- retrograde
- regressing
- retrogressive
- regressive
- fault
- shortage
- shortcoming
Crossword Answer definitions
LAPSE noun- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A pause in continuity.
- An interval of time between events.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A fall or apostasy.
- To fall away gradually; to subside.
- To fall into error or heresy.
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- To become void.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
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 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 ERROR
- Box-score bobble
- Misstep
- Mistake
- Partner of trial
- "E" in the box score
- Baseballer's nightmare
- Dropped fly, e.g.
- Faux pas
- Programming bug, perhaps
- Slip-up
More clues leading to the result SENILE
- Red or Dead
- Dotty
- Doddering
- In one's dotage
- Lacking reason
- Showing old age
- Not thinking well
- Declining, in a way
- In one's second childhood
- Showing sign of decline
More clues leading to the result VICE
- Kind of squad
- Moral defect
- Notably snarky magazine/media empire
- Failing
- Squad leader?
- Guilty pleasure
- Police-force division
- One kind of squad
- Smoking or sweets, e.g.
- Moral failing