Answer to "Falling behind" crossword clue

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 Universal uClick in 2014.

Falling behind crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
LAG	25 %	3
SLOW	25 %	4
LAGGING	25 %	7
LOSINGGROUND	25 %	12

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Falling behind

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

• fall behind
• trailing
• behind schedule
• lose ground
• behindhand
• falling out
• fall back
• fall short
• falling off
• fall through
• losing
• underperforming

Crossword Answer definitions

LAG noun

1. A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
2. Delay; latency.
3. One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
4. A prisoner, a criminal.
5. 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.
6. One who lags; that which comes in last.
7. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
8. 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.
9. A bird, the greylag.

LAG verb

1. To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
2. To cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material (referring to a time lag effect in thermal transfer)
3. To transport as a punishment for crime.
4. To cause to lag; to slacken.

LAG adjective

1. Late
2. Last; long-delayed.
3. 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 SLOW

• Street sign
• Highway warning
• Like molasses
• Snail-like
• __-pitch softball
• Not so fast
• Musically retarded
• Be cautious rounding a corner
• Not busy
• A bit thick

More clues leading to the result LAGGING

• Falling behind
• Moving slowly.

More clues leading to the result LOSINGGROUND

• Words of warning, part 3
• Falling behind
• "But now Mudslinger is ___..."