The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DUD , but the solution may also be LAY AN EGG which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Flop crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DUD | 50 % | 3 |
| BOMB | 11 % | 4 |
| FIASCO | 7 % | 6 |
| TURKEY | 3 % | 6 |
| LEMON | 3 % | 5 |
| LAYANEGG | 2 % | 8 |
| STINKAROO | 2 % | 9 |
| FAIL | 2 % | 4 |
| LOSER | 2 % | 5 |
| BOMBONBROADWAY | 2 % | 14 |
| BUST | 2 % | 4 |
| COMPLETEFAILURE | 1 % | 15 |
| BOXOFFICEBOMB | 1 % | 13 |
| EPICFAIL | 1 % | 8 |
| DROOP | 1 % | 5 |
| THREETEXASHOLDEMCARDS | 1 % | 21 |
| DOG | 1 % | 3 |
| GOBUST | 1 % | 6 |
| NOTAMOUNTTOAHILLOFBEANS | 1 % | 23 |
| LAY AN EGG | 1 % | 10 |
| SAG | 1 % | 3 |
| PLUNKDOWN | 1 % | 9 |
| FOUNDER | 1 % | 7 |
Why may LAY-AN-EGG be the right solution?
The phrase "lay an egg" is a colloquial expression that means to fail or to have a performance that is unsuccessful. In the context of the clue "Flop," "lay an egg" fits perfectly as it describes a failure or a disappointing outcome.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flop
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- collapse
- fall through
- dud
- fall flat
- right
- washout
- founder
- bust
- floating-point operation
- crumble
- breakdown
- bump
Crossword Answer definitions
DUD noun- A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
- A failure of any kind.
- Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
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 DUD
- Flop
- Total failure
- Bomb of a bomb
- Fiasco
- Washout
- Bummer
- Independence Day no-show?
- Spectacular failure
- Total misfire
- Turkey
More clues leading to the result BOMB
- Box office flop
- Die, on stage
- Fail at the box office
- Fail big-time
- Turkey
- Broadway turkey
- Explosive
- Broadway flop
- Utter flop
- Filmdom flop
More clues leading to the result FIASCO
- Big mess
- SNAFU
- Utter failure
- Lead balloon
- Big flop
- Spectacular failure
- Unmitigated disaster
- Huge flop
- Debacle
- Complete catastrophe
More clues leading to the result TURKEY
- Flop
- Dud
- Bomb
- Opposite of smash
- Interested spectator of the Dodecanese.
- Controller of the Dardanelles.
- Inonu's country.
- His days are numbered.
- November symbol.
- Box office flop.
More clues leading to the result LEMON
- Iced-tea add-in
- Ade juice
- Ade variety
- Detroit dud
- Problematic car
- Symbol of sourness
- A real dud
- Water garnish
- Auto freshener option
- Subject of many a "Car Talk" call
More clues leading to the result LAYANEGG
- Bomb big-time
- Succeed in a coop, or fail in most else
- Die on the stage
- Bomb
- Bomb on stage
- Fail big-time
- Bomb on Broadway
- Flop
More clues leading to the result STINKAROO
More clues leading to the result FAIL
- Go down the tubes
- Go pfft!
- Opposite of ace
- Go downhill
- Flunk
- Go belly-up
- Epic ___
- Go pfft big time
- Fall short
- Disappoint
More clues leading to the result LOSER
- "The Born __"
- Consistent failure
- Wanderer
- Hardly a winner
- He has lots of sour-grapes?
- Jenny Craig fan
- Short-straw drawer
- Beck single of 1993
- Beck's breakout single
- Early Beck single
More clues leading to the result BOMBONBROADWAY
More clues leading to the result BUST
- Failure
- Sculptor's creation
- Sculpture
- It's put on a pedestal
- First-round draft pick that goes nowhere
- Hourglass part?
- Police raid
- Utter failure
- Marble head?
- Sculptor's portrait
More clues leading to the result COMPLETEFAILURE
More clues leading to the result BOXOFFICEBOMB
More clues leading to the result EPICFAIL
- Total bomb
- Cringe-worthy YouTube subject
- Not just a mess-up, in modern lingo
- Facepalm inducer
- Flop that's one for the ages
- It's worse than a bomb
- FLOP
- Dumpster fire
- Seriously embarrassing blunder
More clues leading to the result DROOP
- Begin to wither
- Hang like a spaniel's ears
- Sag
- Hang limply
- Sagginess
- Flag
- Lose resilience
- Start to wilt
- Wilt
- Hang like a walrus mustache
More clues leading to the result THREETEXASHOLDEMCARDS
More clues leading to the result DOG
- Pug or boxer
- Fido, e.g.
- Go after
- Jack Russell, for one
- Odie
- Drug-sniffer, perhaps
- Frequent "Too Cute!" animal
- Pooch
- Follow closely
- Boxer, for one
More clues leading to the result GOBUST
- Lose everything
- Experience bankruptcy
- Fail
- Lose it all
- Tank
- Lose one's shirt
- Become bankrupt: Slang
- Lose one's shirt, in business
- Totally fail
- Lose an all-in hand, say
More clues leading to the result NOTAMOUNTTOAHILLOFBEANS
More clues leading to the result LAY AN EGG
More clues leading to the result SAG
- Get droopy
- Droop
- Reagan was its pres.
- Lose energy
- Depression
- Droop in the middle
- Go limp
- Hang down
- Bow to gravity
- What overloaded shelves do