Eyelid infection
The crossword clue "Eyelid infection" is answered by STYE, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1998. 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
STYE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STYE answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for STYE
Every other clue in this collection answered by STYE, most used first.
- Eyelid woe - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
- Eye sore - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Eye problem - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Eyelid problem - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Eye affliction - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Eyelid affliction - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Eyelid irritation - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Eye annoyance - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Eyelid bump - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Ocular woe - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Eye woe - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Eyelid inflammation - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Eye ailment - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Eye irritation - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Eyelid swelling - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
- Ophthalmologist's concern - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Eyelid annoyance - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Affliction of the eyelid - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Eye trouble - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
- Eyelid ailment - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Eyelid malady - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Eyelid issue - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Lid problem - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Eye-opening problem? - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Eye inflammation - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Eye malady - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Lid irritation - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
- Eye infection - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Case for an ophthalmologist - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Eyelid sore - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Affliction of the eye - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Palpebral swelling - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Bump on a lid - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Eyelid trouble - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Lid inflammation - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Hordeolum - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Lid malady - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Ocular affliction - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Ocular annoyance - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Ocular malady - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Lid swelling - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Lid woe - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Eyelid hair - LASH, used 45 times
- Eyelid attachment - LASH, used 18 times
- Infection suppressants - SERA, used 7 times
- Eyelid position - SHUT, used 6 times
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