Howler.
The crossword clue "Howler." is answered by BONER, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 1990; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BONER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BONER answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 1990; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BONER
Every other clue in this collection answered by BONER, most used first.
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- Goof - used 17 times, most recently in 2010
- Dumb mistake - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Faux pas - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Stupid mistake - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Big goof - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Gaffe - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Silly blunder - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Big mistake - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Blunder - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Flub - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Mistake - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Silly mistake - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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