Answer to "Slip of the tongue" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LAPSE , but the solution may also be ERROR which is one of the most recent solution (2000 in CrossSynergy).

Slip of the tongue crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
LAPSE	63 %	5
ERROR	25 %	5
LAPSUSLINGUAE	13 %	13

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Slip of the tongue

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• slip
• slip of the pen
• speako
• lapsus
• missaying
• misspeech
• slips and capture
• misspeaking
• lapsus memoriae
• lapsus digiti
• typographical error
• mistaking

Crossword Answer definitions

LAPSE noun

1. A temporary failure; a slip.
2. A decline or fall in standards.
3. A pause in continuity.
4. An interval of time between events.
5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7. A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
8. A fall or apostasy.

LAPSE verb

1. To fall away gradually; to subside.
2. To fall into error or heresy.
3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
4. To become void.
5. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.

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 LAPSE

• Breach
• Run out
• Expire
• Spiritual fall
• Spell of forgetfulness
• Gap, as in time
• Fall back
• Slip
• Moment of blanking out
• Pass by

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 LAPSUSLINGUAE

• Slip of the tongue.