Brief role for a star

The answer

CAMEO

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CAMEO

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

• Carved gem - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Small part - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Brief appearance - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Small role for a big star - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Walk-on role - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Star's bit part - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Small role - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• Bit part - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Unbilled role - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Minor role - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Walk-on - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Brief role - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Carved piece of jewelry - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Bit part for a star - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Small part for a big star - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
• Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
• Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
• Star in Cygnus - DENEB, used 106 times

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