| 100% | HRC | 3 | She lost to D.J.T. in the '16 election |
| 55% | PAM | 3 | Shriver who lost to Chris Evert in the 1978 US Open singles final when she was just 16 |
| 44% | BELL | 4 | Tinker ___, Peter Pan's sidekick in the J. M. Barrie work, who uses her fairy dust to help children fly |
| 41% | HARE | 4 | He lost to the tortoise in a race |
| 41% | SUFFRAGE | 8 | The right to vote in elections |
| 40% | CANVASSER | 9 | Door-knocker in the run-up to an election |
| 40% | EDEN | 4 | The paradise referred to in "Paradise Lost" |
| 40% | SUFFRAGE | 8 | The right to vote in an election |
| 40% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 40% | VOTES | 5 | These are counted to decide the winner in an election |
| 39% | RAMS | 4 | Team that lost to the Patriots in the 2019 Super Bowl |
| 39% | PADRES | 6 | San Diego team that lost to the Phillies in late October |
| 39% | BENGAL | 6 | Player losing to the 49ers in Super Bowl XVI or XXIII |
| 39% | JLO | 3 | Pop diva born in the Bronx, to her fans: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JEROME | 6 | The J in author J D Salinger's name |
| 39% | BATTLEGROUNDSTATES | 18 | ... and later lost the election in key ___ |
| 38% | METS | 4 | MLB team that lost to the Royals in the 2015 World Series |
| 38% | ASTROS | 6 | Texas MLB team that lost to the Rays in the 2020 ALCS |
| 38% | NETS | 4 | Brooklyn squad that lost to the Bucks in the 2021 NBA postseason |
| 38% | DIANA | 5 | Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" was rewritten to honor her |
| 38% | OPHELIA | 7 | She's the "thee" in "Get thee to a nunnery" |
| 38% | HHH | 3 | He lost the primary to JFK in 1960 |
| 38% | LYNX | 4 | Minnesota WNBA team that lost to the 45-Across in the 2020 semifinals |
| 38% | IRAN | 4 | Team that lost to the U.S. in the 2022 FIFA World Cup |
| 38% | BORIS | 5 | Spassky who lost to Bobby Fischer in chess’s Match of the Century |
| 38% | IAN | 3 | Name that can fill in the blank to form another name: D___A |
| 38% | DRC | 3 | Country in the 2024 documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” for short |
| 38% | RECOUNT | 7 | To go over the number of votes in an election again |
| 38% | EGGTOSS | 7 | Game in which the first player to crack loses? |
| 37% | RIGGS | 5 | Bobby who lost to Billie Jean in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match |