Shiftless sort
The crossword clue "Shiftless sort" is answered by IDLER, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IDLER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLER answer page.
Used 11 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 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.
- DONOTHING (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for IDLER
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDLER, most used first.
- Do-nothing - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Lazybones - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Loafer - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Layabout - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Lazy sort - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Couch potato - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Goof-off - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Thumb twiddler - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- Lazy person - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Sluggard - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Lazy one - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- Ne'er-do-well - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Drone. - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Time waster - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Slacker - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Goldbrick - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Good-for-nothing - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Wastrel - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
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.
- Solitary sort - LONER, used 82 times
- Gossipy sort - YENTA, used 40 times
- Selfish sort - TAKER, used 20 times
- Nosy sort - SNOOP, used 16 times
- Intolerant sort - BIGOT, used 15 times
- Leering sort - OGLER, used 15 times
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