White of the eye

The answer to “White of the eye” in the New York Times crossword is SCLERA — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 6, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 36-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“White of the eye” answer

SCLERA (6 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is SCLERA.

What does SCLERA mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of SCLERA is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “White of the eye” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 6, 2026 (most recent) → SCLERA. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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