Influential individual
The crossword clue "Influential individual" is answered by NABOB, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NABOB
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NABOB answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. 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.
- IMPORTANTPERSON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NABOB
Every other clue in this collection answered by NABOB, most used first.
- Bigwig - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Fat cat - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Big shot - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Big cheese - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Big wheel - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Influential person - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Wealthy one - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- Mogul - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- High-muck-a-muck - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Powerful person - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Rich man - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- Very rich man. - used 10 times, most recently in 1993
- Mover and shaker - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Muckety-muck - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Man of great wealth. - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Honcho - 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.
- Influential group - ELITE, used 8 times
- Engaging individual? - HIRER, used 6 times
- Influential member of a tribe - ELDER, used 6 times
- Influential sports figure - AGENT, used 6 times
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