Suppress, as a yawn

The answer

STIFLE

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

Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STIFLE

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

• Suppress - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Squelch - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Repress - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Smother - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Hold back - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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• Tranquil - SERENE, used 129 times
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• Comfort - SOLACE, used 113 times

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