The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NAPS , but the solution may also be NODS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Dozes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NAPS | 38 % | 4 |
| NODS | 36 % | 4 |
| CATNAPS | 11 % | 7 |
| NODSOFF | 9 % | 7 |
| SLEEPS | 2 % | 6 |
| DROPSOFFTOSLEEP | 2 % | 15 |
| DROWSES | 2 % | 7 |
Why may NODS be the right solution?
The answer "NODS" is the right solution for the clue "Dozes" because "nodding" is a common action associated with dozing off or falling asleep.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dozes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- snooze
- drowse
- naps
- shoos
- wanders
- wakes
- toddles
- sleeps
- vomits
- defecates
- scurries
- skulks
Crossword Answer definitions
NAPS noun- A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
- To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
- To be off one's guard.
- A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
- The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
- To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
- A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
- A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
- A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
- To grab; to nab.
- To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive).
- (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.
- Kinky or curly hair
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 NAPS
- Snoozes
- Down times during the workday?
- Post-Thanksgiving dinner breaks
- Snoozes while the sun is out
- Tots' time-outs
- Siestas
- Afternoon checkouts?
- Afternoon refreshers
- Conks out for a few
- Nursery activities
More clues leading to the result NODS
- Assents, in a way
- Signals agreement
- Indicates assent
- Signals "yes"
- Indicates agreement, non-verbally
- Silent yeses
- Indicates agreement
- Affirmative actions
- Affirmative actions added to the long across answers in this puzzle
- Auction actions
More clues leading to the result CATNAPS
- Quick snoozes
- Brief downtimes
- Short snoozes
- ... and taking ___
- Brief drop-offs
- Snoozes
- Nods off
- Short refreshers
- Quick breaks
- Dozes.
More clues leading to the result NODSOFF
- Slips into dreamland
- Dozes a bit
- Has a snooze
- Dozes
- Goes out unintentionally
- Doesn't make it through a lecture, say
- Starts dozing
- Starts to snooze
- Starts to 89 Down
- Enters the arms of Morpheus
More clues leading to the result SLEEPS
- Calls it a night
- Closes, as a laptop
- Is quiescent
- Catches some Z's
- Lies dormant
- Naps
- Has a nap
- Nods off
- "While My Pretty One ___" (Mary Higgins Clark novel)
- Visits dreamland