Words of defeat
The crossword clue "Words of defeat" is answered by ILOST, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 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 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Runner-up's lament - 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.
- Words to live by - CREDO, used 84 times
- Clarifying words - IMEAN, used 70 times
- At ___ for words - ALOSS, used 63 times
- Man of many words - ROGET, used 58 times
- Words to live by - MOTTO, used 55 times
- "In other words . . ." - IMEAN, used 47 times
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