noun | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

kl'eek (IPA: klˈik)

clique (no hyphenation) (6 letters | 1 syllable)

1711 (314 years ago)

French | Old French

cliques

camp | coterie | ingroup | inner circle | pack (total: 5)

Bloomsbury Group | bohemia | brain trust | cabal | camarilla | faction | galere | hard core | junta | junto | kitchen cabinet | loop | maffia | mafia | military junta | ... (total: 17)

band | circle | lot | set (total: 4)

antique | batik | beak | bespeak | bleak | boutique | cacique | cheek | chic | creak | creek | critique | freak | geek | leak | ... (total: 41) (based on typical American pronunciation)

click | klick

claque | cliquey

(none among common words)

Spanish: | camarilla (coterie) | tertulia (coterie) | círculo (coterie) French: | coterie (coterie) | clique (coterie) | clan (coterie) | caste (coterie) Portuguese: | panelinha (coterie) | círculo social (coterie) German: | Koterie (coterie) | Clique (coterie) Japanese: | 派 (common noun) | 閥 (common noun) | 一党 (common noun) | 同人 (common noun) | 徒党 (common noun) | 朋党 (common noun) | 派閥 (common noun) | 閥族 (common noun)

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"In" group | Coterie | In-group | Inner group (total: 4) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

17 (International English) | 17 (North American English)

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