Failure
The crossword clue "Failure" is answered by DUD, a 3-letter entry. Used 62 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DUD
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUD answer page.
Used 62 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 14 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.
- BUST (7 uses in xd)
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Every other clue in this collection answered by DUD, most used first.
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