Plane without a pilot

The answer

DRONE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRONE answer page.

Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DRONE

Every other clue in this collection answered by DRONE, most used first.

• Stingless bee - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Pilotless plane - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Male bee - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Unmanned plane - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Male honeybee - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Unmanned aircraft - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Go on and on - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Pilotless aircraft - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Bagpipe sound - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Hive member - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Loafer - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• Speak in a monotone - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Unmanned flier - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Idler - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• Run on - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Speak monotonously - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Ambient sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Without help - ALONE, used 95 times
• Without company - ALONE, used 69 times
• Can't do without - NEEDS, used 62 times
• Without ___ in the world - ACARE, used 61 times
• Without assistance - ALONE, used 60 times
• ___ Gay (WWII plane) - ENOLA, used 59 times

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