The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLEEP , but the solution may also be BLUES which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Down state? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLEEP | 25 % | 5 |
| DESPAIR | 25 % | 7 |
| WOE | 25 % | 3 |
| BLUES | 25 % | 5 |
Why may BLUES be the right solution?
The clue "Down state?" is a play on words. In this case, "Down" can refer to feeling sad or low, which is associated with the musical genre "blues." So, the answer "BLUES" fits the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Down state?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- despair
- craziness
- dilapidation
- droop
- dependence
- maine
- nominate
- dependance
- drooping
- low
- sink
- stand
Crossword Answer definitions
SLEEP verb- To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
- (of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- To accommodate in beds.
- To be slumbering in (a state).
- To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
- To be dead; to lie in the grave.
- To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
- To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
- To place into a state of hibernation.
- The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
- An act or instance of sleeping.
- (metonymically) A night.
- Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
- A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
- The hibernation of animals.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SLEEP
- Be in the land of Nod
- Catch some Z's
- Take a siesta
- Visit dreamland
- Doze
- Sheep counter's goal
- Down state?
- Drop off
- Hypnotist's word
- Power-saving mode
More clues leading to the result DESPAIR
- Give up all hope
- Lose hope
- Hopelessness
- Loss of hope
- Give up hope
- Abandon hope
- Hopeless feeling
- Down state
- Lose heart
- Very blue state
More clues leading to the result WOE
- "__ is me!
- Hand-wringer's word
- Misfortune
- Deep distress
- Heartache
- Wednesday's child is full of it
- Grief
- Blue state?
- Misery
- Ailment