Foolish
The crossword clue "Foolish" is answered by SILLY, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SILLY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SILLY answer page.
Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SILLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SILLY, most used first.
- Inane - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Nonsensical - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Absurd. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Ridiculous - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Goofy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Frivolous - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- One way to be knocked - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Foolish - INANE, used 141 times
- "-- Foolish Things" - THESE, used 33 times
- Foolish - SAPPY, used 11 times
- "___ Foolish Things . . . ": 1935 song - THESE, used 9 times
- Less foolish - WISER, used 8 times
- Foolish - DIPPY, used 7 times
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