Pulls a boner

The answer

ERRS

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1932. It appears in 7 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
• Slips - used 69 times, most recently in 2024
• 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
• Sins - used 31 times, most recently in 2006
• Is mistaken - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Goes off - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Stumbles - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Commits a faux pas - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Does wrong - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Bungles - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Does the wrong thing - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Transgresses - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Acts human - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
• Fouls up - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Muffs - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Makes a misstep - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Goes awry - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Shows fallibility - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Commits a blunder - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Does it wrong - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Boots one - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Muffs it - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Slips a cog - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Bobbles. - used 10 times, most recently in 2002
• Isn't right - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Makes a goof - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Causes an unearned run - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Flubs it - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Is off - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Makes a slip. - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Misdoes - used 9 times, most recently in 1986
• Bobbles the ball - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Guesses wrong - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Is human? - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Is wrong - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Isn't perfect - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Lapses - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Makes a gaffe - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Miscues - used 8 times, most recently in 1998
• Flubs up - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Makes a fluff - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Makes a miscalculation - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Missteps - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Gets it all wrong - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Goes amiss - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Has it wrong - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Is off base - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Is off the mark - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Makes a misjudgment - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Pulls the plug on - ENDS, used 47 times
• Pulls along - TOWS, used 18 times
• Pulls - TOWS, used 17 times
• Pulls - TUGS, used 16 times
• Pulls hard - TUGS, used 15 times
• It pulls a bit - REIN, used 11 times

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