Footballer's nightmare (3,4) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Footballer's nightmare (3,4) featured in Guardian Quick puzzle on February 3, 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OWNGOAL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OWNGOAL Footballer's nightmare (3,4) (7) The Guardian Quick Feb 3, 2026
73% ELM "A Nightmare on ___ Street" (3) Universal Jan 21, 2026
70% SLOB Neatnik's nightmare (4) Eugene Sheffer Dec 5, 2025
66% DIREPREDICAMENT Nightmare of a situation (15) Wall Street Journal Nov 24, 2025
63% PUNTS Football kicks (5) Eugene Sheffer Jan 30, 2026
63% CENTER Football snapper (6) New York Times Jan 25, 2026
63% ALLI Dele of football (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 23, 2026
63% ARA Football's Parseghian (3) Eugene Sheffer Jan 13, 2026
63% ELI Manning of football (3) Premier Sunday Jan 4, 2026
63% MIDTERMEXAM Nightmare for college students (11) Wall Street Journal Nov 24, 2025

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