Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Losers' count (8 letter answer)
The Answer
CALORIES
Tags
Notes
The answer CALORIES is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Dieters' concerns
Nutritional info
Diet-book listings
Food label figure
What water lacks
Definition
CALORIE as a noun:
1. (calorie, gram calorie, small calorie) = unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
2. (Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie) = a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food