Ocular irritations

The answer

STYES

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STYES answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STYES

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

• Eye sores - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Eyelid woes - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Eye problems - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Eyelid problems - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Eyelid afflictions - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Eyelid inflammations - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Eyelid maladies - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Eyelid swellings - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Eyelid irritations - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Eyelid sores - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Eye afflictions - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Eye irritations - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Eye troubles - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Lid problems - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Take care of - SEETO, used 337 times
• Cubic meter - STERE, used 273 times
• Frighten - SCARE, used 195 times
• Trap - SNARE, used 192 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Place - STEAD, used 187 times

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