Lively and encouraging, though not winning Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Lively and encouraging, though not winning . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SPORTIVE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPORTIVE Lively and encouraging, though not winning (8)
6% EGGON Encourage (5) USA Today Nov 20, 2025
6% OLE Encouraging word (3) Newsday Nov 6, 2025
6% ALBEIT Though (6) The Atlantic Nov 2, 2025
6% SPUR Encourage, with "on" (4) New York Times Oct 8, 2025
5% DRAW No-win situation? (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 8, 2025
5% UPONE Winning by a point (5) Universal Dec 6, 2025
5% SPURS Encourages London team (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Dec 6, 2025
5% EGG Encourage farm produce (3) (3) Mirror Cryptic Dec 3, 2025
5% PEP ___ talk (encouraging speech) (3)
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