The Clue
Slips up (5 letter answer)
The Answer
FLUBS
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Notes
The answer FLUBS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
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Bungles
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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"