Big star

The answer

CELEB

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

Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2022. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• IDOL (9 uses in xd)
• HANKS (3 uses in xd)
• NAME (3 uses in xd)
• NOVA (3 uses in xd)
• LOGGIA (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for CELEB

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

• Star - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
• People person? - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• A-lister - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Paparazzi target - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Famous person, for short - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Hollywood VIP - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Star, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Famous person, informally - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Fanzine focus - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Luminary - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Star, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Star in Cygnus - DENEB, used 106 times
• Star in Orion - RIGEL, used 78 times
• Big hit - SMASH, used 75 times
• Big rigs - SEMIS, used 69 times
• "Superman" star - REEVE, used 60 times
• Big dipper - LADLE, used 52 times

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