| Throw wildly, e.g. | 18 |
| Throw wildly | 12 |
| Throw wide, say | 15 |
| Throw wide of the mark, say | 27 |
| Throw too high, e.g. | 20 |
| Thing to do on the side of caution | 34 |
| Thing to do on the cautious side? | 33 |
| Take the wrong exit | 19 |
| Take a wrong turn, say | 22 |
| Stumble or fumble | 17 |
| Stub one's toe | 18 |
| Speak out of turn, e.g. | 23 |
| Solecize | 8 |
| Slip, say | 9 |
| Slip or trip, e.g. | 18 |
| Sin, say | 8 |
| Show one's humanity? | 24 |
| Screw the pooch, for short | 26 |
| Say 2 + 2 = 5, say | 18 |
| Say 1 + 1 = 3, say | 18 |
| Sail off-course, e.g. | 21 |
| Push the wrong button, e.g. | 27 |
| Pull the wrong switch, e.g. | 27 |
| Pull the wrong switch | 21 |
| Prove to be human? | 18 |
| Prove one's humanity? | 25 |
| Postulate a flat world | 22 |
| Play a wrong note | 17 |
| Pick an also-ran | 16 |
| Overthrow first, say | 20 |
| Overthrow first, e.g. | 21 |
| Overthrow a base | 17 |
| Overcharge, say | 15 |
| Not set things right | 20 |
| Not get the picture? | 20 |
| Not be on target | 16 |
| Not be correct | 14 |
| Need to be set straight | 23 |
| Need correction | 15 |
| Need an eraser | 14 |
| Need a redo | 11 |
| Necessitate an "Oops!" | 32 |
| Muff it | 7 |
| Muff an easy one | 16 |
| Muff a fly, e.g. | 16 |
| Misspell a word, e.g. | 21 |
| Misspell "misspell," e.g. | 35 |
| Misspeak | 8 |
| Missay, say | 11 |
| Miss your exit, e.g. | 20 |
| Miss the pop-up | 15 |
| Miss something | 14 |
| Miss an easy fly, e.g. | 22 |
| Miss a typo | 11 |
| Miss a turnoff, e.g. | 20 |
| Miss a fly | 10 |
| Misread lines | 13 |
| Misquote, e.g. | 14 |
| Misplay a grounder | 18 |
| Mishandle something, say | 24 |
| Misfield a ground ball, say | 27 |
| Misdirect | 9 |
| Misdeal | 7 |
| Miscount | 8 |
| Miscompute | 10 |
| Miscalculate, perhaps | 21 |
| Misadd, e.g. | 12 |
| Misadd | 6 |
| Mis-calculate | 13 |
| Make a wrong turn, e.g. | 23 |
| Make a wrong choice, e.g. | 25 |
| Make a wrong choice | 19 |
| Make a typo, say | 16 |
| Make a slip-up | 14 |
| Make a misplay | 14 |
| Make a left instead of a right, say | 35 |
| Make a fluff | 12 |
| Make a flub | 11 |
| Make a clanger | 14 |
| Make a boot | 11 |
| Make a booboo | 13 |
| Make a bobble | 13 |
| Make a blooper | 14 |
| Make a bevue | 12 |
| Make a baseball blooper reel | 28 |
| Make a bad call | 15 |
| Lose points on an exam, say | 27 |
| Lose money on "Jeopardy!" | 35 |
| Lose money on "Jeopardy!," e.g. | 41 |
| Leave the straight and narrow, perhaps | 38 |
| Leave the righteous path | 24 |
| Jam goof-up | 11 |
| Imperfect verb? | 15 |
| Humans do it | 12 |
| Hit a sour note | 15 |
| Have a lapse | 12 |
| Guess wrong, say | 16 |
| Goof or go off | 14 |
| Go bad? | 7 |
| Go a bit off | 12 |