Get something wrong

The answer

ERR

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Do wrong - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• Show fallibility - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Slip a cog - used 21 times, most recently in 2009
• Misdo - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Sin - used 20 times, most recently in 2016
• Bark up the wrong tree - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Be inaccurate - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Behave humanly - used 17 times, most recently in 2009
• Boot one - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Drop the ball, say - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Go amiss - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Go awry - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Lapse - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Make an oopsie - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Act human - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Miss an easy grounder, say - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Misspeak, say - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Make a gaffe - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a slip - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Throw wide of the cutoff man, say - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a mess of things - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Muff it - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
• Pull a boner - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Wander - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
• Drop an easy one - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Make a fluff. - used 12 times, most recently in 1980
• Muff one - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Take a wrong turn - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Be off the mark - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Be human, according to a saying - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Bobble - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Deviate - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Do something wrong - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Flub up - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Go off course - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• It's human to do it - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Misplay - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Misspeak, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Slip or trip - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Answer incorrectly - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Botch - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Commit a blunder - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Drop the ball, literally or figuratively - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Make a wrong turn, say - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Make missteps - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Be imperfect - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Behave humanly, in a saying - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Make a wrong move - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Make muffs - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Miscalculate, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Take a wrong turn, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "The cautious seldom ___": Confucius - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Be in the wrong - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Boot the ball - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Botch something - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Commit a gaffe - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Drop the ball, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Fluff - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Guess wrong - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Leave the straight and narrow - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Make a miscalculation - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Mistake - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Prove fallible - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Screw things up - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Stray from the straight and narrow - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Throw wildly, say - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Trip or slip - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Write down the wrong answer, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Act proverbially human - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Be fallible - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Be human, so they say - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Botch it up - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Drop a pop-up - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Flub it - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Human thing to do - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• If you're human, you'll do it - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Make a blooper - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Make a flub - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Misadd, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Misreckon - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Miss. - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Reckon wrongly - 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.

• Do something - ACT, used 232 times
• "Get it?" - SEE, used 224 times
• Get-up-and-go - PEP, used 188 times
• "Now I get it!" - AHA, used 182 times
• Get older - AGE, used 151 times
• Get the picture - SEE, used 94 times

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