Luckless one
The crossword clue "Luckless one" is answered by LOSER, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOSER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOSER answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- 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
- Booby prize recipient - used 6 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.
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- Indian, for one - OCEAN, used 70 times
- Be of one mind - AGREE, used 68 times
- Bikini, for one - ATOLL, used 66 times
- One way to read - ALOUD, used 57 times
- One of the Judds - NAOMI, used 55 times
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