The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word OFF which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Wide of the mark crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OFF | 49 % | 3 |
| ERRANT | 35 % | 6 |
| INERROR | 8 % | 7 |
| ERRING | 3 % | 6 |
| ATSEA | 3 % | 5 |
| AWRY | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wide of the mark
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wide
- inaccurate
- misjudge
- inaccurately
- inaccuracy
- misjudgment
- misestimate
- miscalculate
- misinterpreting
- overshooting
- misapprehending
- fall short
Crossword Answer definitions
OFF noun- (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.
- To kill.
- To switch off.
- Inoperative, disabled.
- Cancelled; not happening.
- Not fitted; not being worn.
- Rancid, rotten, gone bad.
- Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
- Inappropriate; untoward.
- (in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced.
- Started on the way.
- Far; off to the side.
- Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
- (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.
- (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
- (in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).
- In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
- In a direction away from the speaker or object.
- Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
- So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
- Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
- Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
- Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
- Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
- Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
- Removed or subtracted from.
- No longer wanting or taking.
- (more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.
- Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.
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 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
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 INERROR
More clues leading to the result ERRING
- Falling from grace
- Writing wrong, e.g.
- Muffing a play
- Going off
- Going astray
- Wrong
- Messing up
- Getting it wrong
- Making mistakes
- Goofing up
More clues leading to the result ATSEA
- Yachting
- Befuddled
- Clueless
- Confused
- Cruising
- In a quandary
- Lost
- Not portbound
- Off shore
- On a slow boat to China, perhaps