Take the dark time after sunset and join it to a female horse. Suddenly, you have a spook-filled dream that wakes you up in terror. What word am I?
A nightmare
The period of dusk to dawn when the sun is down is called 'night,' and an adult female horse is a 'mare.' Joining 'night' and 'mare' creates 'nightmare,' an unsettling or terrifying dream that startles you awake.
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