Plain silly
The crossword clue "Plain silly" is answered by INANE, a 5-letter entry. Used 47 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 7 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 47 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Fatuous - used 64 times, most recently in 2023
- Vacuous - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Empty - used 48 times, most recently in 2014
- 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
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Grassy plain - LLANO, used 61 times
- Plain to see - OVERT, used 56 times
- South American plain - LLANO, used 42 times
- "Silly" birds - GEESE, used 37 times
- In plain sight - OVERT, used 31 times
- Silly ones - GEESE, used 30 times
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