Rub elbows
The crossword clue "Rub elbows" is answered by HOBNOB, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOBNOB
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOBNOB answer page.
Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 10 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.
- SCHMOOZE (2 uses in xd)
- MINGLE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HOBNOB
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOBNOB, most used first.
- Mingle - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Rub elbows (with) - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Fraternize - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Mingle (with) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Pal around with. - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Schmooze (with) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Schmooze - 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.
- Rub the wrong way - ABRADE, used 32 times
- Rub off - ABRADE, used 14 times
- Rub with oil - ANOINT, used 13 times
- Elbows - NUDGES, used 12 times
- Rub - ABRADE, used 10 times
- Rub the wrong way - NETTLE, used 10 times
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