Twiddling one's thumbs with nothing to do Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Twiddling one's thumbs with nothing to do last seen in Family Time puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is IDLE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IDLE Twiddling one's thumbs with nothing to do (4) Family Time Jul 19, 2020
9% FIDGETS Twiddles one's thumbs, say (7) Universal Oct 20, 2025
9% IDLES Twiddles one's thumbs (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 9, 2025
6% NUMB Feeling nothing (rhymes with "thumb") (4)
6% NIL Nothing to do with football? (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 28, 2025
6% SATIDLE Twiddled one's thumbs (7) Universal May 12, 2025
6% IDLED Twiddled one's thumbs (5) LA Times Daily Mar 27, 2025
6% IDLY In a thumb-twiddling way (4) LA Times Daily Oct 18, 2024
6% TWIDDLE Do nothing with one's thumbs? (7) The Guardian Quick Mar 31, 2023
6% WAITS Twiddles one's thumbs, say (5) New York Times Jan 7, 2021

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