Codeine, for one

The answer

OPIATE

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPIATE answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OPIATE

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

• Narcotic - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Morphine, e.g. - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Morphine, for one - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Sedative - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Sleep inducer - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Poppy plant derivative - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Sleep-inducing drug - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Soporific - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Drug - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Duller of the senses - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Morphine or codeine - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Codeine, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Pain-relieving drug - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Sense-dulling drug - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Addictive drug - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Painkiller - 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.

• Take for granted - ASSUME, used 100 times
• Fit for farming - ARABLE, used 76 times
• One-dimensional - LINEAR, used 74 times
• Get even for - AVENGE, used 69 times
• Makes up (for) - ATONES, used 63 times
• For each - APIECE, used 61 times

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