Glitterati, e.g.

The answer

ELITE

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELITE

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

• Cream of the crop - used 175 times, most recently in 2026
• Upper crust - used 170 times, most recently in 2026
• Select group - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Best of the best - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Privileged group - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Choice - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• Top-tier - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Chosen few - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Typewriter type. - used 44 times, most recently in 2008
• A-list - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Top-drawer - used 41 times, most recently in 2019
• High society - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Privileged few - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Type size - used 31 times, most recently in 2016
• Select few - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• High-society group - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Upper echelon - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Creme de la creme - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Type of type - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• A-list group - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Superior group - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• High-class - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Choice part. - used 20 times, most recently in 1975
• Exclusive group - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Type type - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
• Cream - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• A-listers - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Top-notch - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Cream of society - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Favored few - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• The Four Hundred - used 15 times, most recently in 2008
• Upper class - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Top-class - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Select - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• The best of the best - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• 10-point type - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Blue bloods - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• The best and the brightest - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Aristocracy - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Choice group - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• ___ Eight (March Madness round) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Best - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• First-class - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• On the A-list - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Superior - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• The cream. - used 10 times, most recently in 1982
• Top of the line - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• High-class group - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Influential group - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• The best - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Top group - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• "Who's Who" group - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Beau monde - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• In crowd - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Top-shelf - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Jet set - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• The 400 - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• The chosen few - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Top echelon - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Typewriter type size - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Upper-crust group - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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