Social group

The answer

TRIBE

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1962. 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.

• CASTE (55 uses in xd)
• CLUB (15 uses in xd)
• CLAN (12 uses in xd)
• CIRCLE (5 uses in xd)
• KITH (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for TRIBE

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

• "Survivor" team - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Survivor" group - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Extended family - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Big family - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Clan - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Native American group - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• A ___ Called Quest - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Large family - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Navajo or Hopi - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Native group - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Social unit - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Chief concern? - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "Survivor" grouping - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Group of eight - OCTET, used 160 times
• Group of eight - OCTAD, used 114 times
• Discussion group - PANEL, used 111 times
• Select group - ELITE, used 108 times
• High-IQ group - MENSA, used 86 times
• Group of experts - PANEL, used 83 times

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