Was wrong
The crossword clue "Was wrong" is answered by ERRED, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 8 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 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; 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.
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
- 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 incorrect - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- 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.
- Wrong - AMISS, used 120 times
- Rub the wrong way - CHAFE, used 55 times
- Was sore - ACHED, used 53 times
- Was concerned - CARED, used 47 times
- Was out - SLEPT, used 37 times
- Take the wrong way? - STEAL, used 32 times
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