Fatuous
The crossword clue "Fatuous" is answered by INANE, a 5-letter entry. Used 64 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
INANE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INANE answer page.
Used 64 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 13 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.
- SILLY (3 uses in xd)
- IDIOTIC (2 uses in xd)
- INSENSATE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for INANE
Every other clue in this collection answered by INANE, most used first.
- Silly - used 305 times, most recently in 2026
- Ridiculous - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
- Foolish - used 141 times, most recently in 2026
- Pointless - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
- Nonsensical - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Absurd - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Cockamamie - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Senseless - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Laughable - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Vacuous - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Empty - used 48 times, most recently in 2014
- Plain silly - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Mindless - used 44 times, most recently in 2022
- Vapid - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Lacking sense - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Ludicrous - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Asinine - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Totally absurd - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Totally silly - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Empty-headed - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- Silly as a goose - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
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