Social climbers
The crossword clue "Social climbers" is answered by SNOBS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1963. 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
SNOBS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNOBS answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1963. 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.
- ARRIVISTES (1 uses in xd)
- UPSTARTS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SNOBS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SNOBS, most used first.
- Elitists - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Hoity-toity types - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Snooty ones - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Hoity-toity sorts - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Nose-in-air types - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Pretentious people - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Snooty people - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Haughty ones - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Nose-in-the-air types - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Social blunder - GAFFE, used 78 times
- Social stratum - CASTE, used 66 times
- Social class - CASTE, used 65 times
- Social group - CASTE, used 55 times
- Social equals - PEERS, used 41 times
- Social division - CASTE, used 36 times
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