At a __ for words (speechless)

The answer

LOSS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOSS answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LOSS

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

• Defeat - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Deprivation - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
• Red-ink amount - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Privation - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Forfeiture - used 21 times, most recently in 2014
• Profit's opposite - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Setback - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• At a ___ for words - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Red-ink entry - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Sports defeat - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Bereavement - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Tax write-off - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Red-ink figure - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Gambler's woe - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Write-off - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Profit's counterpart - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bottom-line bummer - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Win's opposite - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Destruction - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Election defeat - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Leader leader? - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Red ink - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Red ink item - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Half a financial statement - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• L - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Misplacement - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Perfect season spoiler - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Profit's partner? - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Red figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2005

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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Words of understanding - ISEE, used 227 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times

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