Spring blooms

The answer

IRISES

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRISES answer page.

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 5 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.

• AZALEAS (3 uses in xd)
• LILACS (3 uses in xd)
• CROCI (2 uses in xd)
• IRIDS (1 uses in xd)
• NARCISSI (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IRISES

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

• Van Gogh painting - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Showy flowers - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Eye parts - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Van Gogh masterpiece - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Van Gogh work - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Rainbows - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Van Gogh subjects - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• The eyes have them - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Flags. - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Showy spring flowers - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Van Gogh subject - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• They surround pupils - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Spring holiday - EASTER, used 38 times
• Spring bloomer - AZALEA, used 21 times
• Fall blooms - ASTERS, used 12 times
• Sign of spring - TAURUS, used 11 times
• Spring time - EASTER, used 10 times
• Sign of spring - GEMINI, used 9 times

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