The Clue
Blows (5 letter answer)
The Answer
FLUBS
Tags
Notes
The answer FLUBS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blunders
Botches
Bungles
Reasons for retakes
Slips up
Bad line readings
Contents of many outtakes
Definition
FLUB as a noun:
1. (blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo) = an embarrassing mistake
FLUB as a verb:
1. (botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up) = make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"