Run in place
The crossword clue "Run in place" is answered by IDLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 42 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 13 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 42 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 13 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 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
- 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
- Out of work - used 31 times, most recently in 2018
- 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.
- First place - EDEN, used 215 times
- Patella's place - KNEE, used 146 times
- Run ___ (go wild) - AMOK, used 142 times
- Run away - FLEE, used 124 times
- In this place - HERE, used 118 times
- Person, place or thing - NOUN, used 111 times
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