Does nothing
The crossword clue "Does nothing" is answered by LOAFS, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. 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
LOAFS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOAFS answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. 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.
- SITSONONESHANDS (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for LOAFS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOAFS, most used first.
- Goofs off - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Goldbricks - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Avoids work - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Doesn't work - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Fritters away time - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Lounges around - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Takes it easy - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Bums around - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Dawdles - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Do-nothing - IDLER, used 59 times
- Does nothing - IDLES, used 58 times
- "Nothing ___!" - DOING, used 45 times
- Did nothing - IDLED, used 43 times
- Does as told - OBEYS, used 40 times
- ___ nothing - ALLOR, used 40 times
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