Fall behind Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Fall behind featured in Wall Street Journal puzzle on January 26, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LAG.

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10 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
LAG Fall behind (3) Wall Street Journal Jan 26, 2026
OWE Fall behind (3) Wall Street Journal Sep 13, 2025
TRAIL Fall behind (5) Universal Jul 23, 2025
STRAGGLE Fall behind (8) Newsday Aug 20, 2021
DAWDLE Fall behind (6)
LOSEGROUND Fall behind (10) Newsday Aug 6, 2020
GETINAHOLE Fall behind (10) LA Times Daily Mar 25, 2017
LOSETIME Fall behind (8)
RUNLATE Fall behind (7)
BACKDROP *Fall behind (8)

30 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
43% LAGS Falls behind (4) Thomas Joseph Dec 29, 2025
42% TRAILS Falls behind (6) Newsday Nov 16, 2025
40% LAGGING Falling behind (7) Thomas Joseph Feb 15, 2025
40% KEEPUP Not fall behind (6) Wall Street Journal May 20, 2024
40% ISLATE Falls behind (6) New York Times Jan 5, 2023
40% LOSESTIME Falls behind (9) LA Times Daily Jan 21, 2022
40% KEEPINGPACE Not falling behind (11) Newsday May 29, 2016
40% KEEPPACE Not fall behind (8)
40% SLOW Falling behind (4)
40% LOSINGGROUND Falling behind (12)

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