Out of work
The crossword clue "Out of work" is answered by IDLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 31 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
IDLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLE answer page.
Used 31 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 9 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.
- JOBLESS (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for IDLE
Every other clue in this collection 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
- Just sitting around - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Run in neutral - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Twiddling one's thumbs - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Unemployed - used 61 times, most recently in 2019
- Not active - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Not in use - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Run in place - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Goofing off - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- At rest - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Not up to much - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Not doing much - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Eric of Monty Python - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some threats - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Run without moving - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Just hanging around - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
- Work units - ERGS, used 256 times
- Try out - TEST, used 242 times
- Send out - EMIT, used 240 times
- Out of control - AMOK, used 212 times
- Dole (out) - METE, used 206 times
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