Runner-up's lament
The crossword clue "Runner-up's lament" is answered by ILOST, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ILOST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ILOST answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ILOST
Every other clue in this collection answered by ILOST, most used first.
- Admission of defeat - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Words of defeat - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "You won" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Short concession speech - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- "You beat me" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Errand runner - GOFER, used 60 times
- Distance runner - MILER, used 35 times
- Lament - MOURN, used 27 times
- Poem of lament - ELEGY, used 21 times
- Long-distance runner - MILER, used 16 times
- Middle-distance runner - MILER, used 16 times
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