The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FAILED , but the solution may also be LOSTOUT which is one of the most recent solution (2004 in New York Times).
Was unsuccessful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAILED | 67 % | 6 |
| LOSTOUT | 33 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Was unsuccessful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- failed
- flopped
- bombed
- fucked up
- blasted
- fuzz
- messed up
- oiled
- ruined
- tipsy
- whacked
- wrecked
Crossword Answer definitions
FAILED verb- To be unsuccessful.
- Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To neglect.
- Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
- To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- To miss attaining; to lose.
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
- To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
- To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
- To perish; to die; used of a person.
- To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- Unsuccessful
- Decayed; worn out.
- Bankrupt.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result FAILED
- Struck out
- Went belly up
- Gave out
- Went out of business
- Came up short
- Didn't make it
- Needed to retake, maybe
- Didn't hit the books?
- Fell short
- Came a cropper