Sleep inducer
The crossword clue "Sleep inducer" is answered by OPIATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OPIATE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPIATE answer page.
Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 7 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.
- SANDMAN (4 uses in xd)
- SEDATIVE (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- 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.
- Roused from sleep - AWOKEN, used 13 times
- Rouse from sleep - AWAKEN, used 10 times
- Get some sleep - RESTUP, used 7 times
- Short sleep - CATNAP, used 7 times
- Wake from sleep - AROUSE, used 7 times
- Sleep - REPOSE, used 6 times
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