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The Clue
Like a bump on a log (5 letter answer)
The Answer
INERT
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Notes
The answer INERT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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Lifeless
Motionless
Neutral
Passive
Quiescent
Sluggish
Stationary
Supine
Torpid
Unmoving
Adjective for argon
Chemically quiet
Dead to the world
Kind of gas
Like argon
Like krypton
Like neon
Like xenon
Naturally sluggish
Hard to combine, chemically
Like helium, chemically
Like some gases
Not active, chemically
Definition
INERT as an adjective:
1. unable to move or resist motion
2. (inert, indifferent, neutral) = having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
3. (inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid) = slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"