Clues for the word "YAWN"
We've had 102 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 226 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on October 12, 2025.
Definition of yawn
- v. i. - To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
- v. i. - To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
- v. i. - To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
- v. i. - To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
- n. - An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.
- n. - The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
- n. - A chasm, mouth, or passageway.
Referring Clues
- Open wide
- Gape
- Respond to a bore
- [bo-o-o-ring!]
- Indicate boredom
- [Ho-hum]
- Sign of boredom
- [bor-r-ring!]
- [That is, like, so last week]
- [Been there, done that]
- Occurrence at many a lecture
- Sign of fatigue
- Exhibit ennui
- [B-o-o-ring!]
- Display of disinterest
- "B-o-r-ing!"
- Express ennui
- Betray boredom
- Express fatigue openly
- Show ennui
- Show boredom
- Boredom indicator
- Act sleepy
- Look bored
- Bedtime indicator
- Real bore
- Real drag
- Impatient gesture
- Open wide, in a way
- Display boredom, in a way
- Reaction to an unexciting speaker
- It becomes rude if you don't use your hand
- One may be suppressed at a meeting
- Impossibility if you keep your mouth shut
- Hint to a boring speaker
- Act that's "contagious"
- It's contagious
- Betray sleepiness
- React to a bore
- [I'm bored]
- Hint to an unexciting speaker
- React with boredom
- React with ennui
- Demonstrate boredom
- Show fatigue
- Low interest indicator
- Show disrespect at a piano recital
- Show boredom, maybe
- Gape open
- Bored reaction
- It may be suppressed at a meeting
- Demonstration of disinterest
- Opening at a long lecture?
- Sign of sleepiness
- 'How boring'
- Show sleepiness
- Have a big mouth?
- Hint to a unexciting speaker
- Response to a drone
- Action by the bored
- Opening at an early-morning class?
- Sign from the bored
- Tiredness indicator
- [Boring!]
- Ho-hum response
- "Ho-hum!"
- Jaw-dropping opening?
- (I'm bored)
- Action pictured on the cover of "Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
- Show that you're bored
- Bored response
- [Booooring...]
- Sign of show boredom
- Be wide open
- Expression of tiredness
- "Bo-ring!"
- Bored person
- Boring event
- Youth's beginning to acquire beard and expression of boredom
- Gape in tiredness
- Ennui evidence
- Action that's supposedly contagious
- [Bo-o-ring!]
- Tired reflex
- See 20
- Veer to north and look ready for bed
- Reaction from a bored person
- Sleepy behavior
- [What a bore!]
- Reaction that's strangely contagious
- Naptime harbinger
- [So boring!]
- (I'm so-o-o tired!)
- Stretch wide
- [That is so boring!]
- Sleepyhead's sound
- Action that may be "contagious"
- ["You're still talking?"]
- [What a snoozefest!]
- Exhibit boredom
- Reflex that really is contagious
- [It's time for bed!]
Last Seen In
- New York Times - October 12, 2025
- LA Times - September 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 09, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 27, 2025
- Daily American - December 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 18, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 23, 2024
- New York Times - August 04, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 11, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - May 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 03, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - April 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2024
- New York Times - February 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 14, 2023
- USA Today - November 30, 2023
- USA Today - November 15, 2023
- New York Times - October 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - September 28, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - September 01, 2023
- Mirror Daily - May 28, 2023
- USA Today - March 22, 2023
- And in 196 more crossword puzzles...