Teary-eyed
The crossword clue "Teary-eyed" is answered by MISTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MISTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MISTY answer page.
Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MISTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by MISTY, most used first.
- Indistinct - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- A bit teary-eyed - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- __-eyed (close to tears) - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Mathis classic - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Ballerina Copeland - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Johnny Mathis classic - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Vague - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Argus-eyed - ALERT, used 26 times
- Open-eyed - ALERT, used 23 times
- Bright-eyed - ALERT, used 16 times
- Sharp-eyed bird - EAGLE, used 16 times
- 100-eyed giant of myth - ARGUS, used 15 times
- Dewy-eyed - NAIVE, used 14 times
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