Booby prize recipient

The answer

LOSER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOSER answer page.

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LOSER

Every other clue in this collection answered by LOSER, most used first.

• Also-ran - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Sad sack - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Schlemiel - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Short-straw drawer - used 20 times, most recently in 2016
• Ne'er-do-well - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Pathetic person - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Successful dieter - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Runner-up - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Defeated one - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Luckless one - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Booby prize winner - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Last one in. - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Chump - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Born ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Consistent failure - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Consolation prize recipient - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Last-place finisher - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Vanquished one - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Check recipient - PAYEE, used 111 times
• Recipient - DONEE, used 88 times
• Gift recipient - DONEE, used 83 times
• Prize - AWARD, used 52 times
• Pageant prize - TIARA, used 48 times
• Prize money - PURSE, used 45 times

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