Clues for the word "NIGHTMARE"
We've had 25 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 43 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on March 07, 2026.
Definition of nightmare
- n. - A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
- n. - A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus.
- n. - Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence.
Referring Clues
- Bad dream
- Frightening ordeal
- Elm Street event
- Incubus
- Disturbing dream
- Dark horse?
- Sleep disturber
- Horrific situation
- Horrifying experience
- Dream of Black Bess?
- Horrifying dream
- Terrifying dream
- Dark horse at 20 to 1 causing an upset?
- Reported man of rank mounted is a horrific experience
- Dark horse may give you a fright in bed
- Dark part of moon revealing something dreadful
- Dream of dark horse
- At the end of the day dream about losing daughter's a bad one
- Taming her turns out to be a difficult experience
- A grim, then terribly bad, dream
- Terrifying experience
- Near me, rat managed to create horrific experience
- A (fictional) dark horse?
- Dark horse disturbing one's sleep?
- Cause of a cold sweat, perhaps
Last Seen In
- New York Times - March 07, 2026
- Daily American - February 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 21, 2025
- Daily American - June 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 03, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 25, 2024
- Daily American - February 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 20, 2023
- Daily American - June 09, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 03, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - February 13, 2023
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 11, 2017
- Daily American - June 09, 2017
- Daily Quick - May 03, 2017
- Guardian Quick - April 13, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 08, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - November 28, 2016
- USA Today - June 28, 2016
- Guardian Speedy - April 03, 2016
- Guardian Everyman - December 20, 2015
- Guardian Quiptic - November 10, 2014
- Canadiana - September 29, 2014
- Guardian Quiptic - September 22, 2014
- Guardian Quick - September 23, 2012
- Guardian Quick - August 06, 2011
- Guardian Quiptic - November 29, 2010
- Thinks Daily - September 22, 2010
- Thinks Daily - June 22, 2010
- And in 13 more crossword puzzles...