The Clue
Bedtime story? (5 letter answer)
The Answer
DREAM
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Notes
The answer DREAM is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Definition
DREAM as a noun:
1. (dream, dreaming) = a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"
2. (ambition, aspiration, dream) = a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"
3. (dream, dreaming) = imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
4. (pipe dream, dream) = a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"
5. a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"
6. someone or something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream"
DREAM as a verb:
1. (dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze) = have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
2. experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"