Runs without moving
The crossword clue "Runs without moving" is answered by IDLES, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. 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
IDLES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDLES answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 11 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
- 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
- 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.
- Not moving - INERT, used 102 times
- Without help - ALONE, used 95 times
- Moving about - ASTIR, used 89 times
- Moving - ASTIR, used 81 times
- Without company - ALONE, used 69 times
- Can't do without - NEEDS, used 62 times
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