Celebrity status

The answer

FAME

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FAME answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025. 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.

• STARDOM (7 uses in xd)
• ALIST (1 uses in xd)
• PROMINENCE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for FAME

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

• Renown - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• Celebrity - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Notoriety - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Fortune's partner - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Stardom - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Starlet's goal - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Notability - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Starlet's dream - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Reputation - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• ___ and fortune - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Fortune partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Widespread renown - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Draft status - ONEA, used 160 times
• Celebrity - STAR, used 139 times
• Celebrity - LION, used 61 times
• Have status - RATE, used 45 times
• Status quo ___. - ANTE, used 45 times
• Much-admired celebrity - IDOL, used 43 times

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