"___ Wide Shut"

The answer

EYES

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EYES answer page.

Used 10 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EYES

Every other clue in this collection answered by EYES, most used first.

• Peepers - used 205 times, most recently in 2026
• Looks over - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Facial features - used 51 times, most recently in 2024
• Looks at - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Seeing things - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Watches - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Potato buds - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Hurricane centers - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Baby blues - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
• Checks out - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Storm centers - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Ogles - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Potato features - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Needle holes - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Observes - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Spud's buds - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• A sight for sore __ - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Regards - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Centers of hurricanes - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Potato parts - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Gives the once-over - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Head set? - used 18 times, most recently in 2016
• "Windows to the soul" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Peer group? - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Spuds' buds - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Spots on spuds - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Watches closely - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Facial pair - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Needle apertures - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Views - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Buds on spuds - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Colon, in an emoticon - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Their ___ Were Watching God" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Blinkers - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Spud buds - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Surveys - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Mr. Potato Head pieces - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Optometrist's concerns - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Orbs - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• "The windows to the soul" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Windows of the soul" - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Examines closely - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "For Your __ Only" - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Needle features - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Places for pupils - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Potato spots - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Real lookers - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Scrutinizes - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Sight seers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Takes a gander at - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Watches suspiciously - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Zora Neale Hurston's "Their ___ Were Watching God" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Holes in needles - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Needle parts - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Potato protuberances - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Sizes up - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• They're all in your head - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• View finders - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Watchful pair - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• What contact lenses cover - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• What visors shade - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Googly ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Looks at closely - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Peering pair - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Places for contacts - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Private __ (detectives) - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Wide-eyed - AGOG, used 129 times
• Not quite shut - AJAR, used 110 times
• Wide belt - SASH, used 80 times
• Wide smile - GRIN, used 43 times
• Wide-spouted pitcher - EWER, used 39 times
• Shut (up) - PENT, used 36 times

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