Sluggish by nature
The crossword clue "Sluggish by nature" is answered by INERT, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
INERT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INERT answer page.
Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Like noble gases - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Dead to the world - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Immobile - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Static - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Not reactive - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Not active - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Lethargic - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Chemically inactive - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Slow. - used 12 times, most recently in 1964
- Unable to move - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Inactive. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Like radon - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Chemically unreactive - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Dormant - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Like the noble gases - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Not reacting - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Torpid - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- Like a couch potato - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Like a noble gas - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Not chemically reactive - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Not going anywhere - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Passive - used 9 times, most recently in 1999
- Hard to get a reaction out of - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a bump on a log - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Like neon and argon - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Stationary - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Unlikely to react - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Moveless. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
- Neutral. - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
- Nonreactive, chemically - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Not doing anything - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Doing nothing - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Not moving at all - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Quiescent - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Unable to react chemically - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Nature photographer Adams - ANSEL, used 23 times
- By its very nature - PERSE, used 10 times
- Moral nature - ETHOS, used 10 times
- First name in nature photography - ANSEL, used 9 times
- Nature calls? - ROARS, used 9 times
- By its nature - PERSE, used 6 times
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