Like noble gases
The crossword clue "Like noble gases" is answered by INERT, a 5-letter entry. Used 25 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
INERT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INERT answer page.
Used 25 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. 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
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Other clues for INERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by INERT, most used first.
- Sluggish - used 139 times, most recently in 2025
- Motionless - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- Not moving - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Lifeless - used 74 times, most recently in 2023
- Unmoving - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Nonreactive - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some gases - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Like neon - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Like argon - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Like krypton - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Like helium - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Like xenon - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Still - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Unreactive - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Chemically nonreactive - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Dead to the world - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Immobile - used 23 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.
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
- Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
- Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
- Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
- Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times
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