"The Killing Game" novelist Johansen

The answer

IRIS

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

Used 10 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• It's in the eye of the beholder - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• 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
• 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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