The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SILLY , but the solution may also be IDIOTIC which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Inane crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SILLY | 21 % | 5 |
| SENSELESS | 11 % | 9 |
| IDIOTIC | 11 % | 7 |
| DAFT | 6 % | 4 |
| DUMB | 6 % | 4 |
| DOPEY | 6 % | 5 |
| EMPTYHEADED | 4 % | 11 |
| FATUOUS | 4 % | 7 |
| DOPY | 2 % | 4 |
| DEVOIDOFMEANING | 2 % | 15 |
| MEANINGLESS | 2 % | 11 |
| POINTLESS | 2 % | 9 |
| PUERILE | 2 % | 7 |
| ASININE | 2 % | 7 |
| FOOLISH | 2 % | 7 |
| SAPPY | 2 % | 5 |
| MORONIC | 2 % | 7 |
| EMPTY | 2 % | 5 |
| VACANT | 2 % | 6 |
| DAFFY | 2 % | 5 |
| LOONY | 2 % | 5 |
| ABSURD | 2 % | 6 |
| APISH | 2 % | 5 |
| GOOFY | 2 % | 5 |
| GOONY | 2 % | 5 |
Why may IDIOTIC be the right solution?
The definition of "inane" is "silly or stupid". "Idiotic" means the same thing, so it is a synonym of "inane".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Inane
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vacuous
- mindless
- foolish
- asinine
- fatuous
- pointless
- vapid
- insignificant
- senseless
- witless
- irrelevant
- negligible
Crossword Answer definitions
SILLY noun- A silly person.
- A term of address.
- A mistake.
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- Blessed, particularly:
- Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- Simple, plain, particularly:
- Mentally simple, foolish, particularly:
- (of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
- Sillily: in a silly manner.
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 SILLY
- Muttonheaded
- Inane
- Too frivolous
- Weak-minded
- Dazed
- Nonsensical
- Not remotely serious
- Foolish
- Fatuous
- Bad way to be knocked
More clues leading to the result SENSELESS
More clues leading to the result IDIOTIC
- Senseless
- Nonsensical
- Foolish
- Typical of a dope
- Extremely stupid
- Ridiculous
- Dumb and dumber
- Stupid to the max
- Nutty
- Beyond stupid
More clues leading to the result DAFT
- Off one's rocker
- Loopy
- Wacky
- Balmy
- ___ Punk
- ___ Punk ("Around the World" electronica duo)
- Mad
- Foolish
- A little loopy
- Not all there
More clues leading to the result DUMB
- Cloddish
- ___ waiter (elevator)
- Type of waiter
- Like a rock?
- Like someone stoned, perhaps
- See 25-Down
- Word with waiter or bell
- Speechless
- Unintelligent
- Not bright at all
More clues leading to the result DOPEY
- Bashful's partner
- Happy's pal
- Only dwarf without a beard
- Idiotic
- Member of a small septet
- Silent dwarf
- Associate of Happy
- Bashful companion?
- Soporific
- Youngest of the seven dwarfs
More clues leading to the result EMPTYHEADED
More clues leading to the result FATUOUS
More clues leading to the result DOPY
- In a fog
- Punch-drunk
- Inane: Var.
- Like Denny Dimwit: Var.
- Sluggish
- Idiotic
- Half-baked
- Sluggish from sedatives
- Inane (Var.)
- Out of it
More clues leading to the result DEVOIDOFMEANING
More clues leading to the result MEANINGLESS
More clues leading to the result POINTLESS
More clues leading to the result PUERILE
More clues leading to the result ASININE
- Utterly silly
- Utterly stupid
- Completely idiotic
- Dumber than dumb
- Laughable
- Silly
- Extremely silly
- Ridiculous
- Dopey
- Foolhardy
More clues leading to the result FOOLISH
More clues leading to the result SAPPY
- Too sentimental
- Empty-headed
- Way sentimental
- Foolishly sentimental
- Mawkish
- Overly sentimental
- Like chick flicks, stereotypically
- Patently sentimental
- Maudlin
- Like silly fools or maple trees
More clues leading to the result MORONIC
- Stupid
- Really dumb
- Brainless
- Feeble
- Just plain dumb
- Dense
- Of twelve-year-old mentality.
- Relative of 45 Across.
- Inane.
- Dull
More clues leading to the result EMPTY
- Vacuous
- "E" on a gauge
- Like some threats
- Depleted
- Take out (the trash)
- Bad news on the gas gauge
- Out of gas
- Meaningless
- Bottle to recycle
- Pointing to E
More clues leading to the result VACANT
- Unoccupied
- Content-free
- Available to rent
- Flat sign
- Empty
- Devoid of thought
- Like some city lots
- Available to let
- Unfilled
- Available for rent
More clues leading to the result DAFFY
- Cartoon duck
- Cohort of Bugs
- Like a toon duck?
- Dizzy Dean's brother
- Bugs's buddy
- Bonkers
- Foolish
- Pal of Bugs
- Pal of Porky
- 77-year-old duck
More clues leading to the result LOONY
- Round the bend
- Mad as a hatter
- Wacko
- Bananas
- Canadian clam
- Kook
- Cracked
- Preposterous
- Non compos mentis
- One brick shy of a load
More clues leading to the result ABSURD
- Preposterous
- Ludicrous
- Like Ionesco's plays
- Ionesco-esque?
- Ridiculous
- Theater of the ___
- Nonsensical
- Laughably foolish
- Laughable
- Cockamamie
More clues leading to the result APISH
- Imitative
- Foolishly imitative
- Gorilla-like
- Given to copying?
- Dumbly imitative
- Parrot-like
- Silly or simian
- Gorillalike
- Really silly
- Foolishly silly
More clues leading to the result GOOFY
- Pal of Mickey
- Disney dog
- Wacko
- Silly
- Inane
- He was originally called Dippy Dawg
- Mickey's pal
- Preposterous
- Disney character originally named Dippy Dawg
- Silly as they come: Slang.