Hollywood headliner

The answer

STAR

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

Used 32 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 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.

• MOVIESTAR (2 uses in xd)
• BOXOFFICESTAR (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for STAR

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

• Headliner - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
• Asterisk - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Luminary - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Rating unit - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Have the lead - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
• Flag feature - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Marquee name - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Play the lead - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Constellation component - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Take the lead - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Top-billed performer - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Sky light - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• The sun, for one - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Have the lead role - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Night twinkler - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Celeb - used 29 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.

• Hollywood clashers - EGOS, used 63 times
• Hollywood crosser - VINE, used 29 times
• Turner of Hollywood - LANA, used 28 times

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