Sleep lightly

The answer

DOZE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOZE answer page.

Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• DROWSE (2 uses in xd)
• CATNAP (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DOZE

Every other clue in this collection answered by DOZE, most used first.

• Nod off - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Nap - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
• Take a nap - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Catch some Z's - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Drop off - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Catnap - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Drift off - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Snooze - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a catnap - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Catch a few z's - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Take a siesta - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Nod - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Sleep like ___ - ALOG, used 96 times
• Deep sleep - COMA, used 87 times
• Prolonged sleep - COMA, used 42 times
• Applies lightly - DABS, used 30 times
• "Now ___ me down to sleep" - ILAY, used 29 times
• Sleep like ___. - ATOP, used 25 times

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