First-rate
The crossword clue "First-rate" is answered by STELLAR, a 7-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STELLAR
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STELLAR answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for STELLAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by STELLAR, most used first.
- Outstanding - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
- Astral - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
- Top-notch - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Brilliant - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Out of this world - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Outstanding, as a performance - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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