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The Clue
Clinker (3 letter answer)
The Answer
DUD
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Notes
The answer DUD is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bomb
Clunker
Failure
Fiasco
Fizzle
Fizzler
Flop
Lemon
Turkey
Washout
Worthless
Bad firecracker
Bomb of a bomb
Broadway nightmare
Defective missile
Firecracker that fizzles
Flat failure
It fizzles
Unexploded bomb
Defective firecracker
Bomb not bursting in air?
It doesn't go off well
Definition
DUD as a noun:
1. (flop, dud, washout) = someone who is unsuccessful
2. (misfire, dud) = an explosion that fails to occur
3. (turkey, bomb, dud) = an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
DUD as an adjective:
1. failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"