Just sits around

The answer

IDLES

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLES answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IDLES

Every other clue in this collection answered by IDLES, most used first.

• Runs in neutral - used 72 times, most recently in 2025
• Does nothing - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Wastes time - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Loafs - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• Runs in place - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Runs without moving - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Twiddles one's thumbs - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Sits in traffic - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Doesn't do anything - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Kills time - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Sits in neutral - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Runs while standing still - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Waits at the light - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Doesn't do much - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Get around - EVADE, used 91 times
• Just right - IDEAL, used 83 times
• Around - CIRCA, used 59 times
• Sticks around - STAYS, used 48 times
• Snooped (around) - NOSED, used 44 times
• From around here - LOCAL, used 35 times

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