Falls back
The crossword clue "Falls back" is answered by LAGS, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAGS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAGS answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. 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.
- RETREATS (2 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
- 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
- Fails to keep up - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- 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.
- Back talk - SASS, used 334 times
- Back of the neck - NAPE, used 264 times
- Talk back to - SASS, used 156 times
- Flows back - EBBS, used 97 times
- Back - REAR, used 93 times
- Back in the day - ONCE, used 77 times
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