Just sitting around
The crossword clue "Just sitting around" is answered by IDLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 85 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
IDLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLE answer page.
Used 85 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IDLE
Every other clue in this pilot answered by IDLE, most used first.
- Doing nothing - used 237 times, most recently in 2026
- Not doing anything - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
- Inactive - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
- Not busy - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Between jobs - used 87 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Stick around - STAY, used 171 times
- Swing around - SLUE, used 140 times
- Sitting on - ATOP, used 126 times
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