Shows boredom
The crossword clue "Shows boredom" is answered by YAWNS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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YAWNS
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Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for YAWNS
Every other clue in this collection answered by YAWNS, most used first.
- Signs of boredom - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Boredom - ENNUI, used 252 times
- Shows up - COMES, used 37 times
- Trade shows - EXPOS, used 20 times
- Shows flexibility - BENDS, used 17 times
- First name in talk shows - OPRAH, used 15 times
- Shows the way - LEADS, used 15 times
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