Clues for the word "ERROR"

We've had 444 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1176 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on December 09, 2025.

Definition of error

n. - A wandering; a roving or irregular course.
n. - A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.
n. - A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.
n. - A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.
n. - The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.
n. - The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.
n. - The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.
n. - A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.
n. - A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base.