The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEFECT which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Flaw crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEFECT | 19 % | 6 |
| MAR | 19 % | 3 |
| WART | 16 % | 4 |
| BLEMISH | 13 % | 7 |
| KINK | 10 % | 4 |
| HOLE | 6 % | 4 |
| BUG | 3 % | 3 |
| STAIN | 3 % | 5 |
| SHORTCOMING | 3 % | 11 |
| FAULT | 3 % | 5 |
| FOIBLE | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flaw
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- blemish
- fault
- defect
- chink
- hack
- slit
- crack
- gash
- cut
- rift
- gap
- breach
Crossword Answer definitions
DEFECT noun- A fault or malfunction.
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- To join the enemy army.
- To flee one's country and seek asylum.
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 DEFECT
More clues leading to the result MAR
More clues leading to the result WART
- Kind of hog
- Skin growth
- Hard rough lump
- Blemish
- Dr. Scholl's Freeze Away target
- Skin blemish
- Flaw, as it were
- Toadskin product?
- Imperfection
- Bump on a hog?
More clues leading to the result BLEMISH
- Mark
- Bad spot on a record
- Discount reason
- Flaw
- Bad spot, perhaps
- Complexion spoiler
- Spot
- Sully.
- Defect.
- Macule
More clues leading to the result KINK
- Neck woe
- Snarl
- Imperfection
- Muscle twinge
- Garden hose crimp
- Twisted hose problem
- Pain in the neck
- Quirk
- Hose problem
- Garden hose problem
More clues leading to the result HOLE
- Bob Hope Classic target
- Duffer's target
- Golfer's target
- Ozone-level decrease
- Aperture
- Donut center
- Hollow space
- Cavity
- Tiger's target
- Mole hangout
More clues leading to the result BUG
- Glitch
- Listening device
- Annoy
- Common cold
- Pester
- Program problem
- Eavesdropper's aid
- Surveillance device
- Popular VW car
- Plant microphones
More clues leading to the result STAIN
- Leaky-pen consequence
- Mark of disgrace
- Woodworker's need
- Blemish
- Blotch
- Discoloration
- Sully
- "The Human ___" (Philip Roth)
- Disgrace
- Finish up some furniture
More clues leading to the result SHORTCOMING
More clues leading to the result FAULT
- Seismologist's concern
- Bad serve
- Responsibility
- Criticize
- Blame
- Tennis server's goof
- Quake spot
- Double ___
- Earthshaking matter?
- Seismological concern