What do you call the time in the early morning before the sun comes into sight?
| DAWN | 593 |
| DAYBREAK | 92 |
| EARLY MORNING | 35 |
| NR | 35 |
| TWILIGHT | 33 |
| DAYLIGHT | 31 |
| PRE-DAWN | 31 |
| BEFORE DAY | 30 |
| MORNING | 30 |
| BEFORE SUNRISE | 27 |
| BEFORE DAWN | 21 |
| BEFORE DAYLIGHT | 19 |
| BREAK OF DAY | 19 |
| SUNRISE | 15 |
| BEFORE SUNUP | 14 |
| NIGHT | 12 |
| BEFORE DAYBREAK | 10 |
| DAWNING | 8 |
| A.M. | 6 |
| EARLY DAWN | 6 |
| BREAK OF DAWN | 5 |
| ABOUT DAYLIGHT | 3 |
| BREAK O’ DAY | 3 |
| SUNUP | 3 |
| BEFORE THE DAWN | 2 |
| DAWN OF DAY | 2 |
| DUSK | 2 |
| EARLY IN THE MORNING | 2 |
| EARLY MORN | 2 |
| PEEP OF DAY | 2 |
| ABOUT DAY | 1 |
| AFORE-DAY | 1 |
| AFTER DAYBREAK | 1 |
| AT DAYBREAK | 1 |
| BEAUTIFUL | 1 |
| BEFORE RISE | 1 |
| BEFORE SUNRISING | 1 |
| BEST PART OF THE DAY | 1 |
| BURNING DAYLIGHT | 1 |
| COMING DAY | 1 |
| COMING DAYLIGHT | 1 |
| COMING UP | 1 |
| CRACK OF DAWN | 1 |
| CRACK OF DAY | 1 |
| DARK | 1 |
| DAWN OF THE DAY | 1 |
| DAYLIGHT IN THE SWAMP | 1 |
| DAYLIGHT’S COMING | 1 |
| EARLY DAYLIGHT | 1 |
| EARLY SUNRISE | 1 |
| FALSE DAWN | 1 |
| FIRST LIGHT | 1 |
| FORE DAYLIGHT | 1 |
| FORE SUNRISE | 1 |
| FORE SUNUP | 1 |
| FOUR-THIRTY OR FIVE A.M. | 1 |
| GETTING DAYLIGHT | 1 |
| GET-UP TIME | 1 |
| GRAY DAWN | 1 |
| GRAY DAYLIGHT | 1 |
| JUST ABOUT THE BREAK OF DAY | 1 |
| JUST AT DAWN | 1 |
| JUST BEFORE SUNUP | 1 |
| JUST STARTING TO COME LIGHT | 1 |
| LATE AT NIGHT | 1 |
| LATE NIGHT | 1 |
| MADRUGADA | 1 |
| NH | 1 |
| SIX O’CLOCK | 1 |
| SMALL HOURS | 1 |
| STILL NIGHTTIME | 1 |
| SUNRISE CRACK | 1 |
| VERY EARLY MORNING | 1 |
| WEE HOUR | 1 |
| WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING | 1 |
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