The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IDLES , but the solution may also be DALLIES which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Wastes time crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IDLES | 36 % | 5 |
| LOAFS | 20 % | 5 |
| DALLIES | 20 % | 7 |
| DAWDLES | 16 % | 7 |
| LOITERS | 4 % | 7 |
| FRITTERS | 4 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wastes time
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- squanders
- loses
- seizes
- looses
- robs
- abandons
- squandered
- destroys
- forfeits
- invests
- squander
- earns
Crossword Answer definitions
IDLES verb- To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
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 IDLES
- Runs in neutral
- Does nothing
- Has an off day?
- Runs without moving
- Runs for no purpose
- Waits for the action to pick up again
- Takes to the hammock
- Shirks work
- Sits in neutral
- Bums around
More clues leading to the result LOAFS
- Goldbricks
- Sits around
- Sits on one's duff
- Slacks off
- Gets nothing done
- Does nothing
- Goofs off
- Bums around
- Lallygags
- Wastes time
More clues leading to the result DALLIES
More clues leading to the result DAWDLES
More clues leading to the result LOITERS
- Dillydallies
- Overdoes hanging out
- Goes nowhere
- Lollygags
- Hangs around
- Hangs out
- Hangs about
- Doesn't go
- Saunters.
- Wastes time.