Come in last
The crossword clue "Come in last" is answered by LOSE, a 4-letter entry. Used 38 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LOSE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOSE answer page.
Used 38 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BRINGUPTHEREAR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LOSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOSE, most used first.
- Misplace - used 260 times, most recently in 2026
- Mislay - used 50 times, most recently in 2023
- Suffer defeat - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Be defeated - used 28 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.
- "At Last" singer James - ETTA, used 215 times
- Sign of things to come - OMEN, used 164 times
- Come across as - SEEM, used 99 times
- Hard to come by - RARE, used 67 times
- Come clean, with "up" - FESS, used 63 times
- Come __; find - UPON, used 46 times
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