Lose-lose
The crossword clue "Lose-lose" is answered by NOWIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOWIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOWIN answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 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.
- CANTWIN (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for NOWIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOWIN, most used first.
- Kind of situation - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- Like some situations - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Hopeless, as a situation - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Like a hopeless situation - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Hopeless - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Bad kind of situation - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Lose ground? - ERODE, used 55 times
- Lose one's cool - PANIC, used 43 times
- Lose it - GOAPE, used 37 times
- Having a lot to lose? - OBESE, used 32 times
- Lose it - GOMAD, used 27 times
- Lose on purpose - THROW, used 26 times
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