Sense-dulling drug

The answer

OPIATE

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 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
• Addictive drug - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Codeine, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• 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.

• Makes sense - ADDSUP, used 47 times
• Sense of taste - PALATE, used 47 times
• Good sense - REASON, used 19 times
• Sense - DETECT, used 18 times
• Sense - INTUIT, used 18 times
• "That makes sense" - IGETIT, used 16 times

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