Slip-up

The answer

ERROR

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERROR answer page.

Used 31 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 15 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.

• ERR (238 uses in xd)
• GOOF (17 uses in xd)
• BONER (5 uses in xd)
• LAPSE (4 uses in xd)
• MISCUE (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for ERROR

Every other clue in this collection answered by ERROR, most used first.

• Mistake - used 223 times, most recently in 2026
• Goof - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Slip - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Blunder - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Boo-boo - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Miscue - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Faux pas - used 36 times, most recently in 2020
• Diamond flaw? - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Trial's partner - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Miscalculation - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Misstep - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Flub - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
• Trial partner - used 23 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Give the slip to - ELUDE, used 75 times
• Give the slip - ELUDE, used 60 times
• Give the slip to - EVADE, used 57 times
• Slip - LAPSE, used 46 times
• Slip away from - ELUDE, used 45 times
• Slip past - ELUDE, used 32 times

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