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The answer

SIN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIN answer page.

Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1958. 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.

• AMISS (120 uses in xd)
• AWRY (69 uses in xd)
• NOTSO (26 uses in xd)
• INERROR (15 uses in xd)
• HARM (13 uses in xd)

Other clues for SIN

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

• Transgression - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Sermon subject - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Go astray - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Do wrong - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
• Sermon topic - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Sloth, e.g. - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Break a commandment - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Fall from grace - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Moral wrong - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Sloth, for one - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• Immoral act - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Transgress - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Moral wrongdoing - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Misdeed - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Moral transgression - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Moral misdeed - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Iniquity - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Naughty act - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Offense - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Moral lapse - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Wrongdoing - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Admission in a confessional - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Moral misstep - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Original ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Wickedness - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Act immorally - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Confession topic - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Do the wrong thing - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of tax - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Biblical no-no - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Commandment violation - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Envy, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Gluttony, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Transgression of divine law - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Confessional topic - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Evil deed - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Go against God - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Item for confession - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Pride, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Seminary subject - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Fault. - used 8 times, most recently in 1995
• It may be original - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• One of a deadly septet - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Preacher's subject - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Pride, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Trespass - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Clerical error? - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Confession component - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Confession in a confessional - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Confession item - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Envy or sloth - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Gluttony, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Greed or gluttony - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Lapse - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Moral no-no - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Religious offense - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Avarice, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Bad deed - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Envy, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Lust, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Major no-no - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Moral crime - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Moral offense - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Moral slip - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Peccadillo - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Ungodliness - 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.

• Go wrong - ERR, used 260 times
• Do the wrong thing - ERR, used 81 times
• Rub the wrong way - IRK, used 58 times
• Get it wrong - ERR, used 53 times
• Wrong: Prefix. - MIS, used 44 times
• "Where did ___ wrong?" - IGO, used 40 times

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