The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLEEP which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Goal of a bedtime story reading crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLEEP | 100 % | 5 |
Why may SLEEP be the right solution?
The goal of reading a bedtime story is to help someone fall asleep. Therefore, the answer "SLEEP" is the right solution.
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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.
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