Crossword Clue: Cushion for your head at night
Here's the answer to the Cushion for your head at night crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: PILLOW
The answer to "Cushion for your head at night" is PILLOW. Pillow runs 6 letters — 2 vowels and 4 consonants — opening with P and closing on W. In a grid it fills a 6-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
A pillow is a soft cushion that supports the head during sleep. The ancient Egyptians and Chinese sometimes used hard pillows of wood or stone, believing soft ones drained comfort and energy from the body.
Common usage
You'll see PILLOW in grids regularly — its 6-letter, 2 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the P or W, PILLOW tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like PILLOW are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet PILLOW again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and PILLOW will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue PILLOW — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing PILLOW into the grid took no time at all."
- "Pillow is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'Cushion for your head at night' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in PILLOW almost immediately."