The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WIDE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Off-target crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WIDE | 33 % | 4 |
| AMISS | 26 % | 5 |
| ERRANT | 19 % | 6 |
| ASTRAY | 7 % | 6 |
| TICK | 7 % | 4 |
| STRAY | 7 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Off-target
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- inaccurate
- imprecise
- invalid
- wild
- imprecision
- kluge
- unreliability
- inaccuracy
- inexact
- roughly speaking
- improper
- imperfect
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 AMISS
- Imperfectly
- Not according to plan
- Out of order
- Wrong
- Imperfect
- Out of proper order
- Awry
- Off the mark
- Gone wrong
- Off
More clues leading to the result ERRANT
- Wandering
- Roving
- Stray
- Off-target
- Deviating
- Like some knights
- Off the mark
- Off-course
- Out looking for adventure
- Straying
More clues leading to the result ASTRAY
- Off course, of course
- One way to be led
- Off
- Off target
- Off the main path
- Off course
- On the wrong track
- In error
- One way people may be led
- How the innocent may be led
More clues leading to the result TICK
- Little bloodsucker
- What a watch says
- Cuckoo clock sound
- Woodland pest
- Total sucker
- Watch word? (Tribute #5)
- Tiny danger in the woods
- 56 Down sound
- Bug on a hiker
- Minute piece?