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"visual" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often optical (7 letters).
Definitions
Related to sight or something seen.
Word origin
From Middle English visual, from French visuel, visual and directly from Late Latin vīsuālis (“of sight”), from vīsus (“sight, vision”) + -ālis (“adjective suffix”), from vidēre (“to see, perceive; look (at)”); see visage. By surface analysis, Latin vīsus + -ual.
Used in a sentence
“It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head.”
“The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Seen by the eyes”6 letters
02“Related to sight”6 letters
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