The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word IMPOSES , but the solution may also be FIATS which is one of the most recent solution (2009 in Newsday).
Dictates crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IMPOSES | 33 % | 7 |
| FIATS | 33 % | 5 |
| LAWS | 33 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dictates
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- order
- prescribe
- advises
- commandment
- conducts
- decides
- demands
- determines
- dictation
- dictatorship
- diktat
- diktats
Crossword Answer definitions
IMPOSES verb- To establish or apply by authority.
- To be an inconvenience (on or upon)
- To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
- To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
- To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
- To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result IMPOSES
- Intrudes (upon)
- Levies, as a tax
- Levies (on)
- Becomes a burden
- Levies.
- Dictates
- Obtrudes
- ___ on (misuses)
- Levies
- Is obtrusive
More clues leading to the result FIATS
- Arbitrary orders
- Decrees
- Italian cars
- Authoritative decrees
- Italian sports cars
- Italian autos
- Royal decrees
- Mandates
- Uno and Doblò
- Authoritative orders