Was incorrect
The crossword clue "Was incorrect" is answered by ERRED, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ERRED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERRED answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ERRED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERRED, most used first.
- Goofed - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Made a mistake - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Blew it - used 65 times, most recently in 2023
- Miscalculated - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Went wrong - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Blundered - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Messed up - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Went astray - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Made a boo-boo - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Slipped up - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Goofed up - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Dropped the ball - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Slipped - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Screwed up - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Made mistakes - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Missed the mark - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Got it wrong - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Made a goof - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Was wrong - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Made a blunder - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Misspoke - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Was human - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
- Flubbed - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Sinned - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Was mistaken - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Committed a faux pas - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Strayed - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
- Made a faux pas - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Went awry - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Acted human? - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Guessed wrong - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Made an "oopsie" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Misplayed - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Made a blooper - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Made a misstep - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Stumbled - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Was less than perfect - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Went off course - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Was sore - ACHED, used 53 times
- Was concerned - CARED, used 47 times
- Was out - SLEPT, used 37 times
- Incorrect - WRONG, used 31 times
- Was under the weather - AILED, used 31 times
- Was bold - DARED, used 30 times
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