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The answer

ERR

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

Used 260 times across 45 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 33 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 pilot link to their own answer page.

• SIN (3 uses in xd)
• STRAY (3 uses in xd)
• MESSUP (1 uses in xd)
• MISS (1 uses in xd)
• SLIP (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ERR

Every other clue in this pilot 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
• 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

Related clues

Pilot clues 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.

• Before - ERE, used 733 times
• Greek vowel - ETA, used 549 times
• Superlative suffix - EST, used 521 times
• Work unit - ERG, used 488 times
• Dawn goddess - EOS, used 446 times
• Shade tree - ELM, used 437 times

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