It's in the eye of the beholder

The answer

IRIS

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

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• PUPIL (4 uses in xd)
• BEAUTY (2 uses in xd)
• LENS (1 uses in xd)
• RETINA (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IRIS

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

• Eye part - used 242 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of the eye - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
• Rainbow - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Colored part of the eye - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Spring flower - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Pupil's place - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Rainbow goddess - used 68 times, most recently in 2025
• Colorful eye part - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Colored eye part - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• "Bearded" flower - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Showy flower - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Fleur-de-lis - used 47 times, most recently in 2021
• Spring bloom - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Murdoch - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "Bearded" bloom - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Camera part - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennessee's state flower - used 35 times, most recently in 2019
• Colorful part of the eye - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Novelist Murdoch - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Pupil surrounder - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Flower. - used 28 times, most recently in 2016
• Flag - used 27 times, most recently in 1997
• Eye-color area - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Crocus cousin - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Goddess of the rainbow - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Spring bloomer - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Blue flag. - used 20 times, most recently in 2005
• Colored portion of the eye - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Murdoch - used 20 times, most recently in 2013
• Flower painted by van Gogh - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Tennessee state flower - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Eye piece - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Showy spring flower - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Van Gogh flower - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Eye part containing the pupil - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Garden bloom - used 14 times, most recently in 2007
• Garden flower - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Camera diaphragm - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Pupil controller - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• State flower of Tennessee - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• The eyes have it - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Crocus kin - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Showy bloom - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Bearded bloomer - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Fancy flower - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Pupil's surroundings - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Purple flower - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Black Prince" author Murdoch - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Killing Game" novelist Johansen - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Greek goddess. - used 9 times, most recently in 1976
• Pupil locale - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Spring blossom - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Where a pupil sits - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Bloom with a beard - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Camera component - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Colorful diaphragm - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Early spring purple flower - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Light regulator - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• The cornea covers it - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Blue flag, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Mascagni opera. - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Pupil site - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Pupil's locale - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Purple bloom - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Rainbow flower - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• Bearded blossom - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Camera shutter - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Cornea neighbor - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Eye membrane - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Eye part or flower - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Flower in a van Gogh painting - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Garden beauty - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• It controls a pupil's size - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Pigmented eye part - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Place for a pupil - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Pupil setting - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• See-through item - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "Shattered Mirror" mystery writer Johansen - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Under the Net" writer Murdoch - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Western blue flag, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Where eye color comes from - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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