Lapse

The answer

ERR

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

Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 8 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.

• SLIP (11 uses in xd)
• SIN (7 uses in xd)
• ERROR (6 uses in xd)
• EXPIRE (3 uses in xd)
• ERRATUM (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
• 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
• 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
• Get something wrong - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• 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.

• Moral lapse - SIN, used 16 times
• Lapse - SIN, used 7 times

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