Burning glass.

The answer

LENS

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

Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 1986; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LENS

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

• Camera part - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
• Eye part - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• Microscope part - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of the eye - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Telescope part - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Camera's eye - used 49 times, most recently in 2024
• Camera attachment - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Periscope part - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Contact, e.g. - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Monocle part - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Camera eye - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• See-through item - used 19 times, most recently in 2018
• Monocle. - used 18 times, most recently in 2001
• Eyeglasses glass - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Camera component - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a camera - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Camera glass - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Monocle, essentially - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Contact ___ - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Eye piece - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• It helps you focus - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Glasses part - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Lorgnette part - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Optician's product - used 10 times, most recently in 1998
• Eyepiece - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Glass - used 9 times, most recently in 1998
• Magnifier - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• You can see right through it - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Cinematographer's selection - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Contact, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Photog's choice - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Projector part - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Glasses piece - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Loupe - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Monocle, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Optical device - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Optician's creation - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of a microscope - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• See-through camera part - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Zoom, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Binoculars part - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Focusing device - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Glass in a monocle - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Magnifying glass - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Microscope component - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Nikon offering - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Part of a telescope - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Periscope piece - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Smartphone part - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Telescope piece - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Zoom, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Window glass - PANE, used 84 times
• Sheet of glass - PANE, used 68 times
• Carve in glass - ETCH, used 37 times
• Glass section - PANE, used 34 times
• Glass sheet - PANE, used 29 times
• Piece of glass - PANE, used 29 times

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