Makes yawn
The crossword clue "Makes yawn" is answered by BORES, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BORES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BORES answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BORES
Every other clue in this collection answered by BORES, most used first.
- Causes to yawn - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Drills - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Puts to sleep - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Tiresome ones - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Tiresome talkers - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Yawn inducers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Drills a hole - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Dull people - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Uses a drill - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Makes level - EVENS, used 65 times
- "__ makes waste" - HASTE, used 51 times
- Makes simpler - EASES, used 48 times
- Makes less difficult - EASES, used 41 times
- Makes an effort - TRIES, used 35 times
- Makes - EARNS, used 28 times
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