Pitcher's error
The crossword clue "Pitcher's error" is answered by BALK, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BALK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BALK answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BALK
Every other clue in this collection answered by BALK, most used first.
- Hesitate - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Pitcher's mistake - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Pitcher's no-no - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Pitcher's boo-boo - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Illegal motion by a pitcher - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pitcher's goof - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Pitching error - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Refuse to proceed - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Clerical error - TYPO, used 22 times
- Error - SLIP, used 18 times
- Pitcher's goals - OUTS, used 15 times
- Minor error - SLIP, used 14 times
- Pitcher's target - MITT, used 14 times
- Pitcher's plate. - SLAB, used 12 times
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