Downright dumb

The answer

INANE

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

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for INANE

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

• Silly - used 305 times, most recently in 2026
• Ridiculous - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
• Foolish - used 141 times, most recently in 2026
• Pointless - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonsensical - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• Absurd - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Cockamamie - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Senseless - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Laughable - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Fatuous - used 64 times, most recently in 2023
• Vacuous - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Empty - used 48 times, most recently in 2014
• Plain silly - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Mindless - used 44 times, most recently in 2022
• Vapid - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Lacking sense - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Ludicrous - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Asinine - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Totally absurd - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Totally silly - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Empty-headed - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Silly as a goose - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
• Idiotic - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Harebrained - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Preposterous - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Really silly - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Goofy - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Just plain silly - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Making no sense - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Totally pointless - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Utterly absurd - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Witless - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Dumb - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Meaningless - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Stupid - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Vacant - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Very silly - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Without substance - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Lacking a point - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Shallow - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Completely ridiculous - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Really dumb - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Beyond silly - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Daft - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Dopey - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Sans sense - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Totally ridiculous - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cockeyed - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Completely absurd - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cuckoo - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Goosey - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Lacking substance - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Lamebrained - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• More than just a little silly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Half-witted - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Insipid - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Puerile - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Utterly ridiculous - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Downright - PLUMB, used 14 times
• Downright - UTTER, used 13 times
• Dumb mistake - BONER, used 13 times
• Downright - SHEER, used 11 times
• Downright unpleasant - NASTY, used 9 times
• Downright - STARK, used 8 times

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