"That was a mistake!"

The answer

OOPS

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 3 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.

• WHOOPS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OOPS

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

• "My bad!" - used 191 times, most recently in 2026
• "Clumsy me!" - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• "How clumsy of me!" - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Klutz's cry - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Klutz's word - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• "My mistake!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "Didn't mean to do that!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Fumbler's word - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• "Uh-oh!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Butterfingers' cry - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• "Sorry!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2012
• "Sorry about that!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "I dropped it!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Klutz's comment - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• "I goofed" - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• "I'm such a klutz!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry over spilled milk - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Butterfingers' exclamation - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• "I'm a klutz!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "My b!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sorry 'bout that!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Clumsy one's remark - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Clumsy one's cry - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Bumbler's utterance - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Klutz's exclamation - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• "___! ... I Did It Again" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Slangy exclamation. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
• "What a klutz I am!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Apologetic comment - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Cry over spilt milk? - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Klutz's remark - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Klutz's utterance - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Unwelcome word from a barber - used 6 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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• In that case - IFSO, used 231 times
• Makes a mistake - ERRS, used 219 times
• "___ Well That Ends Well" - ALLS, used 158 times
• At that time - THEN, used 134 times
• "That makes sense" - ISEE, used 132 times

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