The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GAFFE , but the solution may also be MISSTEP which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Faux pas crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GAFFE | 34 % | 5 |
| SLIP | 18 % | 4 |
| ERROR | 16 % | 5 |
| NONO | 8 % | 4 |
| BONER | 5 % | 5 |
| MISSTEP | 5 % | 7 |
| GAFFES | 2 % | 6 |
| BONERS | 2 % | 6 |
| SLIPUP | 2 % | 6 |
| DONT | 1 % | 4 |
| MISSTEPS | 1 % | 8 |
| GOOF | 1 % | 4 |
| NONOS | 1 % | 5 |
| LAPSE | 1 % | 5 |
| BOOBOO | 1 % | 6 |
| SLIPUPS | 1 % | 7 |
| PECCADILLO | 1 % | 10 |
| BOOBOOS | 1 % | 7 |
| BLUNDER | 1 % | 7 |
| ERRORS | 1 % | 6 |
Why may MISSTEP be the right solution?
"MISSTEP" is the right solution because a faux pas is a social mistake or blunder, and a misstep is a similar error or mistake in action or judgment. They both involve making a wrong move or decision.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Faux pas
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gaffe
- gaucherie
- solecism
- slip
- trip
- pratfall
- false step
- foul-up
- fault
- contretemps
- stuff-up
- fiasco
Crossword Answer definitions
GAFFE noun- A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.
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 GAFFE
- Campaign-trail blooper
- Clumsy social error
- Faux pas
- Blooper
- Social blunder
- Blunder
- Lack of tact, perhaps
- Mistake
- Foot-in-mouth blunder
- Party blooper
More clues leading to the result SLIP
- "__ Slidin' Away"
- Lady's undergarment
- Pillowcase
- Fall's prelude
- Lingerie item
- Encounter a banana peel
- Yacht spot
- Take a spill
- Goof
- Cause of a fall
More clues leading to the result ERROR
- Box-score bobble
- Misstep
- Mistake
- Partner of trial
- "E" in the box score
- Baseballer's nightmare
- Dropped fly, e.g.
- Faux pas
- Programming bug, perhaps
- Slip-up
More clues leading to the result NONO
- Dessert, to a weight-watcher
- Faux pas
- Forbidden item
- Taboo
- Forbidden thing
- It's a forbidden
- Toddler's taboo
- Admonition to Nanette
- Prohibition
- Proscription
More clues leading to the result BONER
- Botch-up
- Goof
- Huge blunder
- Error
- Big boo-boo
- Huge flub-up
- Piece of morningwood
- Humongous goof-up
- Knucklehead's play
- Stupid mistake
More clues leading to the result MISSTEP
- Stumble
- Blunder
- Goof
- Go out of bounds, perhaps
- Error
- Wrong move
- Faux pas
- Make a false move
- Minor error
- False move.
More clues leading to the result GAFFES
- Social blunders
- Bloopers
- Social errors
- Embarrassing mistakes
- Faux pas
- Embarrassing blunders: Fr.
- Blunders
- Public blunders
- Campaigners' bloopers
- Missteps
More clues leading to the result BONERS
- Embarrassing mistakes
- Major gaffes
- School kids' howlers
- Foolish mistakes
- Faux pas
- "Oops" elicitors
- Careless mistakes
- Big mistakes
- Obvious mistakes
- Schoolboy howlers.
More clues leading to the result SLIPUP
More clues leading to the result DONT
- No-no word
- Parent's warning
- Prohibition
- "Dead Men ___ Wear Plaid"
- "___ Go Near the Water"
- Negative order
- Quit it!
- Terse warning
- "___ Worry, Be Happy"
- Word of warning
More clues leading to the result MISSTEPS
More clues leading to the result GOOF
- Make a boo-boo
- Silly typo, e.g.
- Foul-up
- Blunder
- Pull a boner
- Make a mistake
- Careless mistake
- Mistake
- Screwup
- Blow it
More clues leading to the result NONOS
- Things to avoid
- Forbidden acts
- They're just not done
- Prohibited acts
- Child's taboos
- Things you shouldn't do
- Forbidden actions
- Frowned-on actions
- Improprieties
- Taboo acts
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 BOOBOO
- Yogi's pal
- Child's owie
- Scrape on the knee, e.g.
- Yogi Bear's pal
- Yogi Bear's sidekick
- Goof
- Silly mistake
- Minor scrape
- Tot's minor mishap
- Foolish foul-up
More clues leading to the result SLIPUPS
More clues leading to the result PECCADILLO
- Minor sin
- Small transgression
- Slight sin
- Faux pas
- Minor offense
- Trifling fault
- Minor misdeed
- A trifling sin or fault.
- Slight fault.
- Minor wild oat
More clues leading to the result BOOBOOS
- Cuts on a kid
- Goofs
- Silly blunders
- Cuts and scrapes, to tots
- Scrapes and bruises, in totspeak
- Causes of tots' tears
- Minor mistakes
- Small slips
- Errors: Slang.
- Goofs.
More clues leading to the result BLUNDER
- "Oops!" evoker
- Gross error.
- Flounder.
- Faux pas.
- Be greatly mistaken.
- Mistake.
- Bungle.
- Mistake
- Flub
- Stupid error