Firecracker that doesn't go off
The crossword clue "Firecracker that doesn't go off" is answered by DUD, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DUD
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUD answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DUD
Every other clue in this collection answered by DUD, most used first.
- Flop - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Failure - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Lemon - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Turkey - used 22 times, most recently in 2014
- Clunker - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Washout - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- Defective firecracker - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Fizzler - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Faulty firecracker - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Fizzled firecracker - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Bomb of a bomb - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
- Total flop - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Failed firecracker - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Commercial flop - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Producer's fear - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Cut off - LOP, used 306 times
- That girl - SHE, used 236 times
- That girl - HER, used 229 times
- That woman - SHE, used 222 times
- That woman - HER, used 199 times
- Took a load off - SAT, used 198 times
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