Total failure
The crossword clue "Total failure" is answered by BUST, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BUST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUST answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- WASHOUT (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for BUST
Every other clue in this collection answered by BUST, most used first.
- Small statue - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Head-and-shoulders sculpture - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Boom's opposite - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Go over 21, in blackjack - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Arrest - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Bankrupt - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- California alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Failure - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Go over 21 - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Finds a total - ADDS, used 31 times
- Failure - FLOP, used 23 times
- Calculates a total - ADDS, used 18 times
- Complete failure - FLOP, used 15 times
- Total - RUIN, used 13 times
- Total hoot - RIOT, used 13 times
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