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The Clue
Like helium (5 letter answer)
The Answer
INERT
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Notes
The answer INERT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Dormant
Exanimate
Leaden
Lifeless
Motionless
Neutral
Passive
Sluggish
Static
Still
Torpid
Unreactive
Adjective for neon
Chemically quiet
Dead to the world
Dull; slow
Like krypton
Like neon
Like xenon
Naturally sluggish
Not active
Not moving
Not reacting
Powerless to move
Apt to stay put
Like neon gas
Like some gases
More than lethargic
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"