Finish last
The crossword clue "Finish last" is answered by LOSE, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 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 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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 up short - used 42 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
- 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.
- "At Last" singer James - ETTA, used 215 times
- ___ the finish - INAT, used 95 times
- Famous last words - ETTU, used 53 times
- Last word - AMEN, used 42 times
- Prayer finish - AMEN, used 41 times
- Study at the last minute - CRAM, used 39 times
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