They shall inherit the earth
The crossword clue "They shall inherit the earth" is answered by MEEK, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
MEEK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MEEK answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MEEK
Every other clue in this collection answered by MEEK, most used first.
- Timid - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Submissive - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Docile - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Unassuming - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Earth inheritors - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Far from bold - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a milquetoast - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Overly compliant - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Earth's inheritors? - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Humble - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Overly submissive - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Mild-mannered - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "... the ___ shall inherit ..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- "The ___ shall inherit the earth" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Earth inheritors, with "the" - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Easily imposed upon - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Not at all assertive - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Mousy - 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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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