Clues for the word "SLACK"
We've had 43 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 83 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on January 19, 2026.
Definition of slack
- n. - Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
- n. - A valley, or small, shallow dell.
- superl. - Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
- superl. - Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
- superl. - Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
- superl. - Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
- adv. - Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
- n. - The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
- a. - Alt. of Slacken
- v. t. - Alt. of Slacken
Referring Clues
- Looseness
- Not taut
- What the industrious take up
- Hanging loose
- Remiss
- ___-jawed (open-mouthed)
- ___-jawed (open-mouthed)
- Loose
- Lax
- Rather droopy
- Far from taut
- Lying loosely
- Hardly thriving, as business
- Negligent
- "Cut me some ___!"
- Play in a line
- Droopy
- Hanging loosely
- Not tight
- Hardly taut
- Not at all taut
- Slow period
- *Leeway
- It may be taken up
- Loose bit of lettuce put in bag
- Popular team communication software
- Limp - negligent
- Idle and disinclined to work
- A singular garment for the idle
- Loose end of coal in fire
- Lacking energy
- The last of the coal in the bag?
- Coal left in fire
- Careless in head of state's absence
- Being lazy, lacks organisation
- Careless
- Needing tightening
- Absence of tautness
- Loose-fitting
- What a lenient boss might cut you
- Something to pick up
- Opposite of tautness
- Loose, large bag containing money
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - January 19, 2026
- Daily American - September 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 21, 2025
- Daily American - May 27, 2025
- Mirror Mini - March 18, 2025
- USA Today - March 17, 2025
- USA Today - June 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 01, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 27, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 11, 2023
- Daily American - September 01, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - July 21, 2023
- USA Today - May 30, 2023
- Daily American - May 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - May 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - February 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - July 01, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - January 19, 2018
- Guardian Everyman - December 17, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - December 15, 2017
- Guardian Quick - November 24, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - October 26, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - October 03, 2017
- Daily American - September 01, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - July 21, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 26, 2017
- And in 53 more crossword puzzles...