Be wrong
The crossword clue "Be wrong" is answered by ERR, a 3-letter entry. Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ERR
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERR answer page.
Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 11 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.
- MISSTHEBOAT (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ERR
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERR, most used first.
- Mess up - used 508 times, most recently in 2026
- Make a mistake - used 385 times, most recently in 2026
- Go wrong - used 260 times, most recently in 2026
- Slip up - used 238 times, most recently in 2026
- Go astray - used 211 times, most recently in 2026
- Goof up - used 198 times, most recently in 2026
- "To ___ is human" - used 185 times, most recently in 2026
- Screw up - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
- Drop the ball - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
- Miscalculate - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- Blow it - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ on the side of caution - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
- Do the wrong thing - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Miss the mark - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Make mistakes - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Make a boo-boo - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Commit a faux pas - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Make a blunder - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Be mistaken - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Get it wrong - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Be human - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Make a goof - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Muff - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Be incorrect - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
- Make a misstep - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Be off - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Moral wrong - SIN, used 44 times
- "Where did ___ wrong?" - IGO, used 40 times
- Wrong (Pref.) - MIS, used 29 times
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