Short-straw drawer

The answer

LOSER

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

Used 20 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 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
• 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
• 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.

• Short-tempered - TESTY, used 76 times
• Prenatal test, for short - AMNIO, used 52 times
• Short putt - TAPIN, used 51 times
• Short skirts - MINIS, used 51 times
• March honoree, for short - STPAT, used 50 times
• Short jackets - ETONS, used 44 times

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