The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OTIOSE , but the solution may also be LOAF which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Idle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OTIOSE | 33 % | 6 |
| LOAF | 16 % | 4 |
| ATREST | 10 % | 6 |
| LAZE | 9 % | 4 |
| ATLEISURE | 3 % | 9 |
| LOLL | 2 % | 4 |
| USELESS | 2 % | 7 |
| NOTON | 2 % | 5 |
| JOBLESS | 2 % | 7 |
| INACTIVE | 2 % | 8 |
| VAIN | 2 % | 4 |
| ATLIBERTY | 1 % | 9 |
| FAINEANT | 1 % | 8 |
| ONTHESTREET | 1 % | 11 |
| LOITER | 1 % | 6 |
| LOAFING | 1 % | 7 |
| WANDER | 1 % | 6 |
| DORMANT | 1 % | 7 |
| UNUSED | 1 % | 6 |
| LIEAROUND | 1 % | 9 |
| BETWEENJOBS | 1 % | 11 |
| ATEASE | 1 % | 6 |
| KILLTIME | 1 % | 8 |
| OUTOFWORK | 1 % | 9 |
| NOTHINGDOING | 1 % | 12 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Idle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lazy
- indolent
- faineant
- bone-idle
- slothful
- laze
- stagnate
- lackadaisical
- work-shy
- inactive
- otiose
- unemployed
Crossword Answer definitions
OTIOSE adjective- Having no effect.
- Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
- Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
- Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
- Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result OTIOSE
More clues leading to the result LOAF
- Bum around
- Fritter away the time
- Rye unit
- Sugar or bread follower
- Act the beach bum
- Bread's form
- Go on a staycation
- Kill time
- Bakery purchase
- Don't work much
More clues leading to the result ATREST
- Not in motion
- On a chaise lounge
- Reposing
- Motionless
- Chilling
- Chilling out
- Doing nothing
- Not working
- Inert
- Lying calmly
More clues leading to the result LAZE
- Be a loafer
- Dilly-dally
- Act the couch potato
- Loaf
- Act like a couch potato
- Do a whole bunch of nothing
- Do little
- Sit around and do nothing
- Chillax
- Take it easy
More clues leading to the result ATLEISURE
- Unemployed
- Funemployed, perhaps
- Slowly
- Unhastily
- Idle
- In one's spare time
- With no hurry
- One way to repent?
- Unhurriedly
- Free
More clues leading to the result LOLL
- Act the couch potato
- Droop
- Stretch out on the sofa
- Take it easy
- Use a hammock
- Hang around
- Be a couch potato
- Lounge about
- Chillax
- Enjoy your vacation
More clues leading to the result USELESS
- Of no value
- Vain
- Of no help whatsoever
- Like a vestigial organ
- Good-for-nothing
- Ineffectual
- Good for nothing
- Not worth a plugged nickel
- Futile
- Having no point
More clues leading to the result NOTON
- "__ your life!"
- Switched off
- Off
- "___ your life!"
- Off the schedule
- Having a bad game
- Preempted, maybe
- Missing all one's jumpers, e.g.
- "___ a bet!"
- Having a bad game, as a pitcher
More clues leading to the result JOBLESS
More clues leading to the result INACTIVE
More clues leading to the result VAIN
- Like Narcissus
- Egotistical
- Conceited
- Nose-in-the-air
- Fond of oneself
- Cocksure
- Cocky
- Mirror-conscious
- Useless
- Full of oneself
More clues leading to the result ATLIBERTY
More clues leading to the result FAINEANT
More clues leading to the result ONTHESTREET
More clues leading to the result LOITER
- Hang around
- Kill time in public
- Lollygag
- Dillydally
- Don't make oneself useful
- Kill time
- Remain without a reason
- Hang out
- Hang, so to speak
- Mill around
More clues leading to the result LOAFING
- Doing nothing in particular
- Taking it easy
- Doing nothing
- Slacker activity
- Inactivity
- Delightful summer pastime.
- Dawdling.
- Taking it easy.
- Idle
- Goldbricking
More clues leading to the result WANDER
- Meander
- Stray from the path
- "Not all those who ___ are lost": Tolkien
- Go here and there
- Go idly about
- Tail a nomad
- Drift
- Roam
- Stray
- Ramble
More clues leading to the result DORMANT
- Like some volcanos
- In abeyance
- Inactive, as a volcano
- Hibernating
- Like Fuji
- One way to lie
- Quiescent
- Inactive
- Undisclosed
- Fallow
More clues leading to the result UNUSED
- In mint condition
- New
- Brand-new
- Left over
- Still wrapped
- Never out of the original package
- Brand new
- Returnable, in most cases
- Fresh
- On the shelf
More clues leading to the result LIEAROUND
More clues leading to the result BETWEENJOBS
More clues leading to the result ATEASE
- Drill instructor's command
- Drill-sergeant's command
- Drill instructor's directive
- Relaxing
- Relaxed
- "Relax, soldiers!"
- Drill sergeant directive
- Standing order?
- "Relax, private!"
- "Relax, dogface!"
More clues leading to the result KILLTIME
- While away the hour
- Do a sudoku puzzle or two, perhaps
- Shop in airport stores, say
- Twiddle one's thumbs
- Dawdle: 2 wds.
- Emulate the idler.
- Idle
- Play solitaire, perhaps