The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WIDE , but the solution may also be ERRANT which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Not on target crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WIDE | 60 % | 4 |
| OFF | 20 % | 3 |
| ERRANT | 20 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not on target
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- off-target
- inaccurate
- imprecise
- inexact
- misleading
- incorrect
- erroneous
- ambiguous
- vague
- innacurate
- accurate
- innaccurate
Crossword Answer definitions
WIDE noun- A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- Large in scope.
- Operating at the side of the playing area.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.
- (now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.
- Located some distance away; distant, far.
- Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.
- Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- Extensively
- Completely
- Away from a given goal
- So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
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 WIDE
- Extensive
- __-angle lens
- Outside, as a pitch
- Spacious
- Ample in the middle
- 56-Across's opposite
- Ample, as a doorway
- Not on target
- Double-___ trailer
- Broad-beamed
More clues leading to the result OFF
- Not quite on the mark
- Not at work
- "We're ___ to see..."
- On holiday
- Wide of the mark
- Not quite right
- Not at one's best
- "Turn that racket ___!"
- Away
- Deep Woods Sportsman maker