Makes a boo-boo

The answer

ERRS

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

Used 54 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 19 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.

• GOOFS (1 uses in xd)

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 blunder - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Flubs - used 49 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Makes a choice - OPTS, used 264 times
• "That makes sense" - ISEE, used 132 times
• Makes lace - TATS, used 125 times
• Makes a decision - OPTS, used 59 times
• Makes illegal - BANS, used 45 times

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