Inch along
The crossword clue "Inch along" is answered by CREEP, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CREEP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CREEP answer page.
Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 6 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.
- GOATASNAILSPACE (2 uses in xd)
- GOSLOW (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CREEP
Every other clue in this collection answered by CREEP, most used first.
- Move stealthily - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Move slowly - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Move furtively - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Weirdo - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Advance slowly - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Move sneakily - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly Mr. Right - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Move like ivy - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Crawl - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Dirty rotten scoundrel - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Sleazebag - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Go at a snail's pace - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Lowlife - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Move like a snake - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Slither - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Pass along - RELAY, used 71 times
- Mosey along - AMBLE, used 55 times
- Got along - FARED, used 49 times
- Strung along - LEDON, used 42 times
- Go along (with) - AGREE, used 36 times
- Go along - AGREE, used 32 times
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