The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DUD , but the solution may also be FAILURE which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
Washout crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DUD | 72 % | 3 |
| FLOP | 12 % | 4 |
| BUST | 8 % | 4 |
| FAILURE | 4 % | 7 |
| LEMON | 4 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Washout
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- flop
- dud
- lavage
- washing
- wash
- handwashing
- rinsing
- rinse
- scrubbing
- laundry
- scrubber
- flushing
Crossword Answer definitions
DUD noun- A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
- A failure of any kind.
- Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
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 DUD
- Flop
- Total failure
- Bomb of a bomb
- Fiasco
- Washout
- Bummer
- Independence Day no-show?
- Spectacular failure
- Total misfire
- Turkey
More clues leading to the result FLOP
- Broadway bomb
- Turkey
- Big money loser
- Expensive bomb
- Max Bialystock's hope
- Bomb of a show
- Foul play?
- Do poorly at the theater
- Broadway failure
- Turkey on the stage
More clues leading to the result BUST
- Failure
- Sculptor's creation
- Sculpture
- It's put on a pedestal
- First-round draft pick that goes nowhere
- Hourglass part?
- Police raid
- Utter failure
- Marble head?
- Sculptor's portrait
More clues leading to the result FAILURE
- Dud
- Part three of quote
- Lack of success
- Kakorrhaphiophobe's fear
- Bomb
- Theme of this puzzle
- What "you always pass ... on your way to success": Mickey Rooney
- Insolvency.
- Ruin.
- Falling short.