The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DUD which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2021.
Failure crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DUD | 40 % | 3 |
| FLOP | 23 % | 4 |
| BUST | 13 % | 4 |
| MISS | 4 % | 4 |
| BOMB | 4 % | 4 |
| FAULT | 2 % | 5 |
| LAPSE | 2 % | 5 |
| MISFIRE | 2 % | 7 |
| NEGLECT | 2 % | 7 |
| DEATH | 2 % | 5 |
| FIASCO | 2 % | 6 |
| WASHOUT | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Failure
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- loser
- nonstarter
- unsuccessful person
- failed
- insufficient
- lack
- shortcoming
- insufficiency
- deficiency
- inadequate
- deficit
- invalidity
Crossword Answer definitions
DUD noun- A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
- A failure of any kind.
- Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
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 DUD
- Flop
- Total failure
- Bomb of a bomb
- Fiasco
- Washout
- Bummer
- Independence Day no-show?
- Spectacular failure
- Total misfire
- Turkey
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 BUST
- Failure
- Sculptor's creation
- Sculpture
- It's put on a pedestal
- First-round draft pick that goes nowhere
- Hourglass part?
- Police raid
- Utter failure
- Marble head?
- Sculptor's portrait
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 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 FAULT
- Seismologist's concern
- Bad serve
- Responsibility
- Criticize
- Blame
- Tennis server's goof
- Quake spot
- Double ___
- Earthshaking matter?
- Seismological concern
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 MISFIRE
More clues leading to the result NEGLECT
- Omit
- Leave undone
- Allow to deteriorate
- Allow to worsen
- Pay no attention to
- Don't carry out
- It may be benign
- Leave undone.
- Slight.
- Disregard.
More clues leading to the result DEATH
- "____ of a Salesman"
- "____of a Salesman"
- Late period?
- Partner of taxes
- See 22-Down
- Necrophobe's fear
- "The sound of distant thunder at a picnic": W.H. Auden
- "___ be not proud ...": Donne
- "___ of a Salesman"
- Card signifying change in tarot
More clues leading to the result FIASCO
- Big mess
- SNAFU
- Utter failure
- Lead balloon
- Big flop
- Spectacular failure
- Unmitigated disaster
- Huge flop
- Debacle
- Complete catastrophe