Failure
The crossword clue "Failure" is answered by FLOP, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
FLOP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLOP answer page.
Used 23 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 8 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.
- BUST (7 uses in xd)
Other clues for FLOP
Every other clue in this collection answered by FLOP, most used first.
- Dud - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Broadway bomb - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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