Belle of the ball

The answer

DEB

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

Used 21 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 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.

• DEBUTANTE (3 uses in xd)

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
• 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 a ball - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• 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

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• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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