The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TRIP , but the solution may also be ERROR which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Misstep crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRIP | 35 % | 4 |
| ERROR | 33 % | 5 |
| ERR | 13 % | 3 |
| GAFFE | 7 % | 5 |
| SLIP | 7 % | 4 |
| SIN | 2 % | 3 |
| MINORERROR | 2 % | 10 |
| ERRATUM | 2 % | 7 |
Why may ERROR be the right solution?
The word "misstep" typically refers to making a mistake or an error in judgment or action. Therefore, the answer "ERROR" is a fitting solution for this crossword clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Misstep
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stumble
- trip
- error
- blunder
- mistake
- slipup
- misjudgment
- flub
- gaffe
- screwup
- mishap
- misjudgement
Crossword Answer definitions
TRIP noun- A journey; an excursion or jaunt
- A stumble or misstep
- An error; a failure; a mistake
- A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
- A faux pas, a social error
- Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition
- A mechanical cutout device
- A trip-switch or cut-out
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
- A small piece; a morsel; a bit
- The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing
- A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward
- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- (sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them
- To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
- To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
- To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
- To journey, to make a trip
- To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
- To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
- To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
- (most commonly used in the form tripping) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption
- Of or relating to trips
- A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
- A troop of men; a host
- A flock of wigeons
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 TRIP
- Sojourn
- Set off
- Stumble
- Memorable entrance
- Word with ego or field
- Junket
- Ungraceful entrance
- __ the light fantastic
- Acid effect
- Honeymoon, e.g.
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 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 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 SIN
- Do wrong
- Kind of tax
- Lust, for one
- Break a Commandment
- Deplorable act
- Moral transgression
- Offense
- Transgression
- Fall afoul of the good book (and the end of a split order of plum sauce)
- Means to excommunication