Runs while standing still
The crossword clue "Runs while standing still" is answered by IDLES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
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IDLES
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Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 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
- Waits at the light - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Doesn't do much - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Just sits around - used 6 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.
- Unable to sit still - ANTSY, used 86 times
- Still in the game - ALIVE, used 76 times
- Standing tall - ERECT, used 71 times
- Standing straight - ERECT, used 54 times
- Standing upright - ERECT, used 50 times
- In a while - LATER, used 36 times
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