Half-hearted

The answer

TEPID

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEPID answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 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.

• WAN (5 uses in xd)

Other clues for TEPID

Every other clue in this collection answered by TEPID, most used first.

• Lukewarm - used 252 times, most recently in 2026
• Not so hot - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Halfhearted - used 40 times, most recently in 2024
• Unenthusiastic - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Not very hot - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Barely warm - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Hardly enthusiastic - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Lacking enthusiasm - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Neither hot nor cold - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Luke warm - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Not too hot - used 7 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.

• Half of Hispaniola - HAITI, used 56 times
• Half note - MINIM, used 23 times
• Half-and-half half - CREAM, used 20 times
• Half of half-and-half - CREAM, used 19 times
• Half-diameters - RADII, used 17 times
• Half of A/V - AUDIO, used 17 times

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