Clues for the word "MISTAKE"
We've had 37 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 85 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 30, 2025.
Definition of mistake
- v. t. - To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
- v. t. - To take or choose wrongly.
- v. t. - To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.
- v. t. - To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
- v. t. - To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
- v. i. - To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
- n. - An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
- n. - Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.
Referring Clues
- It may be costly
- Boner
- Foozle
- Boo-boo
- "Oops!" prompter
- Goof
- Clinker
- Error
- Foul-up
- Howler
- "Oopsy!" evoker
- Slip
- Gaffe
- "Happy accident," so to speak
- Blunder
- Part 7 of a Stephen Leacock quote
- Identify incorrectly
- An "X" may signify one
- Error discovered by end of term, I wager
- It makes error!
- First make out it's not deliberate
- First to go in, make a bloomer
- Wrongly accept to be an accident
- 1,000-1 betting slip?
- Drive round, first, and that's not right
- See 13
- Blunder in obscurity and suffering in utterance
- I'm turning pale, which is a blunder
- Take MI5 literally at first, which is wrong
- The fish that got away, you say? It's a mix-up
- Error makes it incorrect
- First, force to cover for and that's wrong
- It may be marked with an "X"
- Million to one, to bet is an error!
- Slip-up
- Learning opportunity, so to speak
- Maybe it makes for things going wrong
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 20, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 18, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 22, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 19, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 03, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 18, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 12, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 02, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - July 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 10, 2024
- Daily American - May 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 26, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - October 18, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - September 17, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - September 02, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 11, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - June 24, 2023
- LA Times - June 12, 2023
- Daily Quick - March 19, 2023
- New York Times - March 17, 2023
- And in 55 more crossword puzzles...