The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ERR , but the solution may also be GOOF which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Fumble crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ERR | 62 % | 3 |
| GROPE | 12 % | 5 |
| DROP | 6 % | 4 |
| DROPTHEBALL | 6 % | 11 |
| ERROR | 6 % | 5 |
| GOOF | 3 % | 4 |
| BOBBLE | 3 % | 6 |
| MUFF | 3 % | 4 |
Why may GOOF be the right solution?
"Goof" is a synonym for "fumble," meaning to mishandle or make a mistake while doing something. Therefore, "Goof" is the right solution for the crossword clue "Fumble."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fumble
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bungle
- mess up
- muck up
- louse up
- botch up
- botch
- blunder
- bollocks up
- foul up
- flub
- bollix
- mishandle
Crossword Answer definitions
ERR verb- To make a mistake.
- To sin.
- To stray.
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 ERR
- Be human
- Be human?
- Be off the mark
- Be sadly mistaken
- Blow it
- Do the wrong thing
- Drop a popup
- Go astray
- Go wrong
- Goof
More clues leading to the result GROPE
- Feel
- Harass, in a physical way
- Feel inappropriate?
- Inappropriate feeling?
- Be tentative
- Feel one's way
- Search uncertainly
- Search blindly
- __ for words
- Cast about
More clues leading to the result DROP
- What you wait for the other shoe to do
- Cease to consider
- Discontinue
- Let fall
- Night deposit
- Knock down
- Pine Bros. unit
- __ leaf table
- Plummet
- Stop doing
More clues leading to the result DROPTHEBALL
- Muff
- What they do in Times Square on Dec. 31st -- and the theme of this puzzle
- Fail to follow through on a project
- Fail to get a job done
- Fail on a field?
- Err
- Cancel a party?
- Fail to follow through
- Make an error
- Mess up at a critical moment
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 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 BOBBLE
- Muff the catch
- Fielder's fluff
- Not field cleanly
- Fielding error
- Fielder's error, perhaps
- Fielder's flub
- Minor mishap
- An error, in baseball parlance.
- Err, as a ballplayer.
- Make an error: Colloq.