Hardly handy
The crossword clue "Hardly handy" is answered by INEPT, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
INEPT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INEPT answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 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.
Other clues for INEPT
Every other clue in this collection answered by INEPT, most used first.
- Bumbling - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
- All thumbs - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
- Clumsy - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Bungling - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Klutzy - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Awkward - used 27 times, most recently in 2010
- Ham-handed - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Lacking skill - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Maladroit - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Not up to the task - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Incompetent - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Without any skill - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Hapless - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Like Inspector Clouseau - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Butterfingered - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Clueless - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Clumsy as an ox - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Lacking the knack - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Not competent - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Unskillful - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Useless - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Ham-fisted - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Handy - UTILE, used 45 times
- Handy - OFUSE, used 38 times
- Hardly wordy - TERSE, used 31 times
- Hardly any - SCANT, used 24 times
- Hardly hidden - OVERT, used 13 times
- Hardly long-winded - TERSE, used 12 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.