| 100% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise |
| 93% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise, in fable |
| 92% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise, in a fable |
| 92% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fairytale |
| 92% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fable |
| 91% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 70% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise |
| 68% | CSA | 3 | Loser to the Union: Abbr. |
| 65% | PADRES | 6 | Losers to the Yankees in the 1998 Series |
| 65% | BENGALS | 7 | Losers to the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIII |
| 65% | HARE | 4 | Animal that lost to the tortoise |
| 64% | CANUCKS | 7 | Losers to the Rangers for the 1994 Stanley Cup |
| 64% | NETS | 4 | Losers to the Spurs for the 2003 NBA championship |
| 64% | UTES | 4 | Losers to the Buckeyes in the 2022 Rose Bowl |
| 64% | RAYS | 4 | Losers to the Dodgers in the 2020 World Series |
| 64% | HARE | 4 | Aesop critter who loses to the tortoise |
| 64% | CLE | 3 | 2016 W.S. losers to the Cubs |
| 63% | GHANA | 5 | Loser to the U.S. in the 2014 World Cup |
| 63% | HARE | 4 | He lost to the tortoise in a race |
| 62% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise, in a fable |
| 61% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise in a fabled race |
| 61% | HARE | 4 | Loser to a tortoise, in an Aesop fable |
| 61% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 60% | REDBIRDS | 8 | 2004 8-Down losers to the 39-Across, in headlines |
| 60% | CBS | 3 | Loser to RCA in the color TV race |
| 60% | RAGINGBULL | 10 | Loser to "Ordinary People" at the 1981 Oscars |
| 60% | NETSCAPE | 8 | Loser to Explorer in the first browser war |
| 60% | LOSER | 5 | The hare, to the tortoise |
| 59% | RIGGS | 5 | Loser to King in the Battle of the Sexes |
| 59% | AVA | 3 | Loser to Audrey for the 1953 Best Actress Oscar |