Party leaders

The answer

HOSTS

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

Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. 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.

• COHOSTS (2 uses in xd)
• EMCEES (2 uses in xd)
• MCS (2 uses in xd)
• STANDARDBEARERS (2 uses in xd)
• ORGANIZERS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HOSTS

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

• Party throwers - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Party givers - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Emcees - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Throws a party - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Multitudes - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Party VIPs - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Legions - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Entertainers - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Party people - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Armies - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Wild party - RAGER, used 51 times
• Mosque leaders - IMAMS, used 38 times
• Party hearty - REVEL, used 38 times
• Online party notice - EVITE, used 28 times
• Wedding party member - USHER, used 28 times
• Reform Party founder - PEROT, used 26 times

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