Come up short
The crossword clue "Come up short" is answered by LOSE, a 4-letter entry. Used 42 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 14 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 42 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 14 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.
- FALLSHY (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
- Come in second - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Come in last - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Forfeit - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Be defeated - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Get rid of - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Finish last - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Shake - used 22 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.
- Sign of things to come - OMEN, used 164 times
- Short skirt - MINI, used 149 times
- Get ready, for short - PREP, used 123 times
- And others, for short - ETAL, used 111 times
- Short distance - STEP, used 100 times
- Come across as - SEEM, used 99 times
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