Twiddles one's thumbs
The crossword clue "Twiddles one's thumbs" is answered by IDLES, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 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 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 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.
- KILLSTIME (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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.
- 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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