Twiddled one's thumbs
The crossword clue "Twiddled one's thumbs" is answered by IDLED, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IDLED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLED answer page.
Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 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.
- SATIDLE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for IDLED
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDLED, most used first.
- Ran in neutral - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Did nothing - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Loafed around - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Killed time - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Loafed - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Ran without moving - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Ran in place - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Sat around - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Wasted time - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
- Laid off - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Took it easy - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Sat at a red light - used 6 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.
- On one's toes - ALERT, used 150 times
- All thumbs - INEPT, used 144 times
- Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
- Blow one's top - ERUPT, used 95 times
- Light on one's feet - AGILE, used 84 times
- Speak one's mind - OPINE, used 54 times
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