The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LAPSES which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Failures crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
LAPSES | 29 % | 6 |
DUDS | 24 % | 4 |
FLOPS | 18 % | 5 |
LOSSES | 12 % | 6 |
WASHOUTS | 6 % | 8 |
BUSTS | 6 % | 5 |
LOSERS | 6 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Failures
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- loser
- nonstarter
- unsuccessful person
- ailments
- bankruptcies
- beatings
- blackouts
- blunders
- breaches
- breakdowns
- breaks
- bugs
Crossword Answer definitions
LAPSES 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 LAPSES
- Memory mistakes
- Slips
- Subsides
- Gaps
- Memory slips
- Runs out
- Errors, as of memory
- Mistakes
- Memory gaps
- "Senior moments"
More clues leading to the result DUDS
- Many straight-to-DVD movies
- Firecrackers that don't explode
- Failures
- Threads
- Apparel
- Lead balloons
- Turkeys
- Suit of clothes
- Fizzled firecrackers
- Clothing, colloquially
More clues leading to the result FLOPS
- End of rubber sandals, (with 46A)
- Belly ___ (bad dives)
- Failures
- Falls flat
- Zero-star movies
- Turkeys
- Fiascos
- Broadway bombs
- Broadway busts
- Lays an egg
More clues leading to the result LOSSES
- Legitimate deductions
- Sports-page stats
- Deficits
- Defeats
- Red ink entries
- They may be counted, cut, or recouped
- Red ink figures
- Red-ink amounts
- Sports column?
- Sports season statistic
More clues leading to the result WASHOUTS
More clues leading to the result BUSTS
- Mantle pieces
- Narc's activities
- DEA raids
- Sculpted works
- DEA successes
- Narc's jobs
- Breaks open
- Head-and-shoulder sculptures
- Heads and shoulders
- Some sculptures