Fails to keep up

The answer

LAGS

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 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.

• LAGSBEHIND (1 uses in xd)
• LOSESTRACK (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LAGS

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

• Falls behind - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Trails - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Doesn't keep up - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Hangs back - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Brings up the rear - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
• Falls back - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Straggles - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Dawdles - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Trails behind - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Dillydallies - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Barrel staves - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Runs behind - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Gets behind - used 7 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• "If all ___ fails ..." - ELSE, used 345 times
• Fails to be - ISNT, used 104 times
• Keep for later - SAVE, used 45 times
• Keep out of sight - HIDE, used 41 times
• Keep __ (persevere) - ATIT, used 39 times
• Keep __ (persist) - ATIT, used 37 times

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