The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STIFLE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Suppress, as a yawn crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STIFLE | 100 % | 6 |
Why may STIFLE be the right solution?
The word "stifle" means to suppress or hold back. In this context, when you stifle a yawn, you are preventing yourself from yawning openly or audibly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Suppress, as a yawn
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Crossword Answer definitions
STIFLE noun- A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
- A bone disease of this region.
- To interrupt or cut off.
- To repress, keep in or hold back.
- To smother or suffocate.
- To feel smothered etc.
- To die of suffocation.
- To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.
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