Lavish party

The answer

GALA

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

Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 8 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.

• FETE (56 uses in xd)
• BASH (9 uses in xd)
• JAMBOREE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for GALA

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

• Festive - used 147 times, most recently in 2023
• Big bash - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Fancy party - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Big party - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Big do - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Celebration - used 39 times, most recently in 2020
• Festive occasion - used 38 times, most recently in 2014
• Elaborate party - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Apple variety - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Festival - used 26 times, most recently in 1999
• Inaugural ball, e.g. - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
• Festive affair - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Black-tie affair - used 21 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.

• A party to - INON, used 156 times
• Big party - BASH, used 96 times
• Party thrower - HOST, used 76 times
• Wild party - BASH, used 76 times
• Party to - INON, used 75 times
• Lavish affection (on) - DOTE, used 72 times

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