Big wheel

The answer

VIP

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIP answer page.

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1954. 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.

• NABOB (14 uses in xd)
• CHIEF (2 uses in xd)
• CZAR (2 uses in xd)
• MAGNATE (2 uses in xd)
• MOGUL (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for VIP

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

• Big shot - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Bigwig - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Bigwig, for short - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• A-lister - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Bigwig, briefly - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of treatment - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
• Big shot, briefly - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Red-carpet type - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Big shot, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• CEO, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Pooh-bah - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Red carpet walker - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Big bird - EMU, used 212 times
• Big fuss - ADO, used 194 times
• California's Big ___ - SUR, used 162 times
• "Big Blue" - IBM, used 110 times
• Big galoot - APE, used 103 times
• Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" - NIA, used 72 times

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