Total failure
The crossword clue "Total failure" is answered by FIASCO, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FIASCO
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FIASCO answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 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.
- WASHOUT (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for FIASCO
Every other clue in this collection answered by FIASCO, most used first.
- Complete failure - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Debacle - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Total disaster - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Utter failure - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Complete disaster - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Flop - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Total - ENTIRE, used 34 times
- Power failure - OUTAGE, used 22 times
- Sum total - AMOUNT, used 17 times
- Total - AMOUNT, used 13 times
- Dollar total - AMOUNT, used 10 times
- Total, e.g. - CEREAL, used 8 times
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