Runner-up
The crossword clue "Runner-up" is answered by LOSER, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. 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 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SECONDBEST (2 uses in xd)
- PLACER (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- 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.
- Errand runner - GOFER, used 60 times
- Distance runner - MILER, used 35 times
- Long-distance runner - MILER, used 16 times
- Middle-distance runner - MILER, used 16 times
- Certain runner - MILER, used 14 times
- Show runner - EMCEE, used 13 times
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