Hang around idly
The crossword clue "Hang around idly" is answered by LOITER, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOITER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOITER answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LOITER
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOITER, most used first.
- Hang around - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
- Dawdle - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Hang out - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
- Linger aimlessly - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Dillydally - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Linger idly - used 7 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.
- Hang around - LINGER, used 34 times
- Got around - EVADED, used 29 times
- Gets around - EVADES, used 25 times
- Hung around - STAYED, used 25 times
- Hang loosely - DANGLE, used 21 times
- Stick around - REMAIN, used 20 times
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