Lay dormant
The crossword clue "Lay dormant" is answered by SLEPT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLEPT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLEPT answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SLEPT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLEPT, most used first.
- Caught some Z's - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoozed - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Was out - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Slumbered - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
- Took a nap - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Sacked out - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Nodded off - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Napped - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Dozed - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Got some shuteye - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Got some shut-eye - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- "George Washington ___ here" - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Rested - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- "Washington ___ here" - used 10 times, most recently in 1995
- Wasn't vigilant - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Conked out - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Wasn't alert - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Went undercover? - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Caught some Zs - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Dropped off - 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.
- Lay to rest - INTER, used 50 times
- Lay out - SPEND, used 15 times
- Lay into - SETAT, used 13 times
- Lay up - STORE, used 11 times
- Dormant - INERT, used 10 times
- "Lay Lady Lay" singer - DYLAN, used 10 times
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