Top group

The answer

ELITE

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 5 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.

• ATEAM (3 uses in xd)
• ALIST (2 uses in xd)
• AONES (1 uses in xd)
• CREAM (1 uses in xd)

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
• "Who's Who" group - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Beau monde - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Glitterati, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• 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

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.

• Group of eight - OCTET, used 160 times
• Group of eight - OCTAD, used 114 times
• Discussion group - PANEL, used 111 times
• Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times
• Blow one's top - ERUPT, used 95 times
• From the top - AGAIN, used 93 times

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