Do wrong

The answer

ERR

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERR answer page.

Used 37 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 12 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.

• SIN (53 uses in xd)
• ERH (1 uses in xd)
• TRESPASS (1 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
• Blunder - used 330 times, most recently in 2026
• Go wrong - used 260 times, most recently in 2026
• Slip up - used 238 times, most recently in 2026
• Goof - used 234 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
• Slip - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ on the side of caution - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Stray - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Flub - used 84 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
• Bungle - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Stumble - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
• 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
• Transgress - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
• Be wrong - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a misstep - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Misstep - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Be off - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Fumble - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Misjudge - used 29 times, most recently in 2015
• Foul up - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Go off - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Make a faux pas - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Be off base - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Bobble the ball - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
• Make a typo, say - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Do it wrong - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Rub the wrong way - IRK, used 58 times
• Do wrong - SIN, used 53 times
• Moral wrong - SIN, used 44 times
• Wrong: Prefix. - MIS, used 44 times
• "Where did ___ wrong?" - IGO, used 40 times
• Wrong (Pref.) - MIS, used 29 times

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