Silly mistake

The answer

GOOF

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

Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 9 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.

• BONER (6 uses in xd)
• BOOBOO (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for GOOF

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

• Blunder - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Slip up - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Flub - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Boo-boo - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Make a boo-boo - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Make a mistake - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Mess up - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Silly goose - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Careless mistake - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Err - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Error - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Make a blunder - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Slip - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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 mistake - ERRS, used 219 times
• "___ silly question..." - ASKA, used 79 times
• Minor mistake - SLIP, used 40 times
• "My mistake!" - OOPS, used 30 times
• Silly - DAFT, used 19 times
• Mistake - SLIP, used 14 times

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