The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LAG which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Fall behind crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LAG | 87 % | 3 |
| OWE | 4 % | 3 |
| TRAIL | 3 % | 5 |
| LOSETIME | 2 % | 8 |
| LOSEGROUND | 1 % | 10 |
| STRAGGLE | 1 % | 8 |
| RUNLATE | 1 % | 7 |
| BACKDROP | 0 % | 8 |
Why may LAG be the right solution?
"Fall behind" is a clue for a word that means to move more slowly than others, which is the definition of "LAG".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fall behind
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lag
- lose
- recede
- drop off
- fall back
- dawdle
- retreat
- falling behind
- lose ground
- fall short
- fall through
- behind schedule
Crossword Answer definitions
LAG noun- A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
- Delay; latency.
- One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
- A prisoner, a criminal.
- A method of deciding which player shall start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.
- One who lags; that which comes in last.
- The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
- A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.
- A bird, the greylag.
- To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
- To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)
- To transport as a punishment for crime.
- To cause to lag; to slacken.
- Late
- Last; long-delayed.
- Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
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 LAG
- Dawdle
- Dilly dally
- Fall behind
- Act the snail
- Eightball start
- Fail to keep up
- Fall behind a GAL?
- Dilly-dally
- Problem for a gamer with slow wifi
- Word after jet or time
More clues leading to the result OWE
- Be in the red
- Be indebted
- Be indebted to
- Create interest?
- Have a red-number day?
- Part of IOU
- See red?
- Writer of 25D
- Be beholden to
- Be in for
More clues leading to the result TRAIL
- Way into the woods
- Mark of the comics
- Be behind
- Bridle path
- Path
- Path where you might eat gorp
- Visible footsteps
- Sleuth's path
- Bring up the rear
- Appalachian, e.g.
More clues leading to the result LOSETIME
- Get behind
- Fall behind
- Experience a delay
- Get stuck in traffic, say
- Be delayed.
- Go too slow.
- Dawdle
- Fall behind in a race
- Lollygag
- Move too slowly, as a watch
More clues leading to the result LOSEGROUND
More clues leading to the result STRAGGLE
- Fall behind
- Wander off course
- Wander off course.
- Ramble.
- Wander from line of march.
- Wander
- Bring up the rear
- Wander off
- Rove
- Opposite of lead
More clues leading to the result RUNLATE
- Last too long
- Take too much time
- Get behind, as in one's schedule
- Fall behind
- Get backed up, maybe
- Be delayed
- Go over
- Go past the scheduled end time
- Take longer than expected
- Be behind schedule