Retiring
The crossword clue "Retiring" is answered by TIMID, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TIMID
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIMID answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TIMID
Every other clue in this collection answered by TIMID, most used first.
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- Fainthearted - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Meek - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Bashful - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Mousy - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Not bold - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Hesitant. - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Easily alarmed - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Fearful - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrinking - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Unassertive - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Like a milquetoast - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Like a mouse - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Like a wallflower - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Skittish - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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