Containing nothing
The crossword clue "Containing nothing" is answered by EMPTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EMPTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMPTY answer page.
Used 20 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EMPTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by EMPTY, most used first.
- Vacant - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Meaningless - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Unoccupied - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Drain - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- "E" on a gas gauge - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Vacuous - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Ready for a refill - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Like some promises - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Void - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Blank - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Depleted - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Opposite of full - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Do-nothing - IDLER, used 59 times
- Does nothing - IDLES, used 58 times
- "Nothing ___!" - DOING, used 45 times
- Did nothing - IDLED, used 43 times
- ___ nothing - ALLOR, used 40 times
- Nothing-but-net sound - SWISH, used 40 times
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