Belle of a ball

The answer

DEB

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEB answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DEB

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

• Society newcomer - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Society newbie - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Ball girl - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Cotillion celeb - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Society girl - used 37 times, most recently in 2013
• Young socialite - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
• Cotillion girl - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Belle of the ball - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Coming-out girl - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Coming-out party? - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Ball belle - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• Nebraska senator Fischer - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• New socialite, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Cotillion honoree - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Society gal - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Cotillion attendee - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Rookie socialite - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Society rookie - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Coming-out party honoree - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Cotillion star, informally - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Newcomer to society - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Party girl - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Ball VIP - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "Coming out" miss, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Society bud - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• Society page newcomer - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Young socialite, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Ball honoree - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Belle of the ball, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Cotillion V.I.P. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• One coming out - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• She has a ball - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• "Smitten Kitchen" cookbook writer/blogger Perelman - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Society girl, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

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.

• Drop the ball - ERR, used 143 times
• Ball holder - TEE, used 67 times
• Ball - ORB, used 52 times
• Ball-bearing item - TEE, used 51 times
• Golf ball position - LIE, used 41 times
• Golf ball holder - TEE, used 39 times

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