The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RULE , but the solution may also be LEGISLATE which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in USA Today).
Lay down the law crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RULE | 50 % | 4 |
| DICTATE | 25 % | 7 |
| LEGISLATE | 8 % | 9 |
| ENACT | 8 % | 5 |
| DECREE | 8 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lay down the law
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lay down
- promulgate
- lawmake
- regulate
- establish
- rule on
- hand down
- dispense
- dispone
- set down
- promogulate
- policy
Crossword Answer definitions
RULE noun- A regulation, law, guideline.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
- Conduct; behaviour.
- An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
- A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
- To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- To excel.
- To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
- To decide judicially.
- To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
- Revelry.
- To revel.
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 RULE
- It may be golden
- Gag followup?
- Golden thing
- Govern
- Lay down the law
- Preside over
- Be super freaking awesome
- Golden ___
- "Don't ask, don't tell," e.g.
- Dominate
More clues leading to the result DICTATE
- Say aloud to be recorded
- Give orders
- Prescribe
- Rule with an iron hand
- Work with a steno
- Lay down
- Bidding
- Work with a stenographer
- Command.
- Read aloud.
More clues leading to the result LEGISLATE
- Pass laws
- Make laws
- Make into law
- Exercise the function of Congress.
- Enact.
- Do a job à la 34 Down
- Work in a chamber, say
- Do House work
- Take care of bills
- Put on an act?
More clues leading to the result ENACT
- Legislate
- Make into law
- Pass a law
- Put on the books
- Represent on stage
- Adopt a measure
- Pass
- Place into law
- Portray onstage
- Put into law