Part of the iris
The crossword clue "Part of the iris" is answered by AREOLA, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AREOLA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AREOLA answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for AREOLA
Every other clue in this collection answered by AREOLA, most used first.
- Anatomical ring - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Interstice - used 29 times, most recently in 2008
- Ring of color - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Nipple ring? - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Colored ring - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Small space - used 15 times, most recently in 1993
- Iris ring - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Colorful ring - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Biological ring - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Colored part of the iris - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Pupil surrounder - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
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- Foot part - INSTEP, used 66 times
- Capital of the Bahamas - NASSAU, used 64 times
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