The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BORES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Puts to sleep, say crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BORES | 50 % | 5 |
| NUMBS | 50 % | 5 |
Why may BORES be the right solution?
The answer "BORES" fits the clue "Puts to sleep, say" because when something is boring, it can make someone feel sleepy or tired, hence putting them to sleep.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Puts to sleep, say
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- reads
- pillow
- raise
- make
- deposit
- depositing
- depositional
- form
- seats
- serve
- sets
Crossword Answer definitions
BORES noun- A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
- The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
- A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
- A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
- One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
- Something dull or uninteresting
- Calibre; importance.
- To inspire boredom in somebody.
- To make a hole through something.
- To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
- (of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
- To fool; to trick.
- A sudden and rapid flow of tide occuring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result BORES
- Goes on and on about minutiae for an hour and a half, say
- Goes on and on about the recent changes in your child's nap schedule, e.g.
- Bad conversationalists
- Puts to sleep
- Digs (into)
- Induces ennui
- Goes on and on and on...
- Dangerous tidal flows
- Yawn inducers
- Yawn-spawning speakers