Commits a faux pas

The answer

ERRS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERRS answer page.

Used 27 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ERRS

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

• Makes a mistake - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
• Messes up - used 160 times, most recently in 2026
• Blunders - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
• Goofs - used 152 times, most recently in 2026
• Goes astray - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• Blows it - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• Slips up - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• Makes mistakes - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Goes wrong - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• Screws up - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Goofs up - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Drops the ball - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Miscalculates - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Misses the mark - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Makes a boo-boo - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Makes a blunder - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Flubs - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Gets it wrong - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Strays - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Is mistaken - used 30 times, most recently in 2024

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