The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FAILS , but the solution may also be WONTDO which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in New York Times).
Falls short crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAILS | 69 % | 5 |
| ERRS | 8 % | 4 |
| LACKS | 8 % | 5 |
| LOSES | 8 % | 5 |
| WONTDO | 8 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Falls short
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fall short
- disappointing
- fall flat
- underwhelming
- shortcoming
- disappoint
- unsatisfying
- dissatisfying
- unsatisfactory
- subpar
- unsuccessful
- disappointments
Crossword Answer definitions
FAILS noun- Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
- A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
- A failure (something incapable of success)
- A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
- A failing grade in an academic examination.
- To be unsuccessful.
- Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To neglect.
- Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
- To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- To miss attaining; to lose.
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
- To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
- To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
- To perish; to die; used of a person.
- To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- A piece of turf cut from grassland.
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 FAILS
- Falls on one's face
- Falls short
- Goes belly-up
- Does not pass
- Comes up short
- Doesn't get the credit?
- Doesn't pass
- Bombs miserably
- Misses the mark
- Doesn't cut it
More clues leading to the result ERRS
- Blows it
- Flubs
- Goes astray
- Kicks a grounder
- Makes a boo-boo
- Makes a mistake
- Misses the mark
- Pulls a boner
- Acts human
- Falls off the wagon
More clues leading to the result LACKS
More clues leading to the result LOSES
- Gets whupped
- Gets licked
- Doesn't win
- Falls short, in points
- Sheds, as weight
- Blows it
- Comes up short
- Gets eliminated
- Doesn't carry the day
- Goes down in defeat