the lettered crowd is well acquainted with the author, but the average reader probably hasn't heard of him
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They are categorized by size into lettered groups according to strength:
X-class: The strongest
M-class: 10 times weaker than X
C, B and A-class: Progressively weaker, with A-class flares typically having no noticeable effect on Earth.—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 June 2025 Checkpoint 2 is part of plan to combine five lettered checkpoints into three numbered ones.—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025 The most robust plan types — lettered F, G and N — are the most popular, according to KFF, but F plans cannot be sold to new beneficiaries who turned 65 after Jan. 1, 2020, because of a change in federal law.—Mark Miller, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 Consider Your Hair Type Hair types divide your hair’s growth pattern and texture into numbered, lettered categories.—Ava Erickson, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lettered
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