| Fail to use well | 16 |
| Fail to utilize | 15 |
| Fail to win | 11 |
| Fail to win a medal | 19 |
| Fail to work | 12 |
| Fail to zip your lip | 20 |
| Fail under pressure | 19 |
| Fail under pressure, in slang | 29 |
| Fail's opposite | 19 |
| Fail, after "go" | 26 |
| Fail, as a flick | 16 |
| Fail, as a plan | 15 |
| Fail, as in a search | 20 |
| Fail, but good | 14 |
| Fail, humanly | 13 |
| Fail, so to speak | 17 |
| Fail-safe | 9 |
| Failed | 6 |
| Failed '80s gridiron org. | 29 |
| Failed 27th Amendment | 21 |
| Failed 70's-80's polit. cause | 37 |
| Failed a G. I. rifle-range test | 31 |
| Failed amdt. | 12 |
| Failed amendment | 16 |
| Failed as a corn farmer? | 24 |
| Failed as a dieter | 18 |
| Failed as a night watchman | 26 |
| Failed as a sentry | 18 |
| Failed as a sneak | 17 |
| Failed at a shootout | 20 |
| Failed attempt | 14 |
| Failed badly | 12 |
| Failed car | 10 |
| Failed completely | 17 |
| Failed Const. addition | 22 |
| Failed const. amendment | 23 |
| Failed economy car | 18 |
| Failed energy company | 21 |
| Failed energy company Paul Krugman once advised | 47 |
| Failed English conspiracy of 1605 | 33 |
| Failed Facebook game in which you don't actually plant anything? | 68 |
| Failed Facebook game set in 1930? | 33 |
| Failed Facebook game where household animals piss you off? | 58 |
| Failed Facebook game where you set up a city out in the sticks? | 63 |
| Failed Facebook game where you're marooned in the middle of a highway? | 74 |
| Failed firecracker | 18 |
| Failed firework | 15 |
| Failed flier | 12 |
| Failed Ford | 11 |
| Failed Fords | 12 |
| Failed in a big way | 19 |
| Failed intention | 16 |
| Failed investment | 17 |
| Failed jokes in Louisiana? (France) | 35 |
| Failed miserably | 16 |
| Failed miserably at being a security guard | 42 |
| Failed mission? | 15 |
| Failed NASA launch | 18 |
| Failed negotiation result | 25 |
| Failed novelist? | 16 |
| Failed NOW goal | 15 |
| Failed rapidly | 14 |
| Failed rocker's bills | 25 |
| Failed school curriculum that was the subject of the 1973 book "Why Johnny Can't Add" | 99 |
| Failed Serbian auto import | 26 |
| Failed sitcom of 2000 | 21 |
| Failed sitcom of 2001 | 21 |
| Failed spectacularly | 20 |
| Failed sports venture of 2001 | 29 |
| Failed suddenly, as a computer | 30 |
| Failed suddenly, in slang | 25 |
| Failed the test | 15 |
| Failed to | 9 |
| Failed to abstain | 17 |
| Failed to abstain from | 22 |
| Failed to act | 13 |
| Failed to be | 12 |
| Failed to be alert | 18 |
| Failed to be truthful | 21 |
| Failed to carry out, as a mission | 33 |
| Failed to come up with anything | 31 |
| Failed to comprehend | 20 |
| Failed to do | 12 |
| Failed to follow through, in slang | 34 |
| Failed to get a hit, in a way (with ''out'') | 60 |
| Failed to get a hit, in a way (with "out") | 52 |
| Failed to hit | 13 |
| Failed to include | 17 |
| Failed to keep | 14 |
| Failed to keep cool | 19 |
| Failed to meet as planned | 25 |
| Failed to mention | 17 |
| Failed to participate in (with "out") | 47 |
| Failed to participate in, with "out" | 46 |
| Failed to pass the bar | 22 |
| Failed to qualify for Saturday at a golf tournament | 51 |
| Failed to run the fastest, perhaps | 34 |
| Failed to show up for, informally | 33 |
| Failed to take advantage of | 27 |
| Failed to understand | 20 |