Vanquished one

The answer

LOSER

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 3 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
• 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

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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