The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DESPOT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Ruthless ruler crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DESPOT | 64 % | 6 |
| TYRANT | 21 % | 6 |
| TSAR | 14 % | 4 |
Why may DESPOT be the right solution?
"DESPOT" is the right solution because a despot is a ruler who exercises absolute power and control in a cruel or oppressive way. This term accurately describes a ruthless ruler.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ruthless ruler
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- despot
- tyrant
- dictator
- tyranny
- dictatorship
- despotic
- dictatorial
- big man
- autocratic
- autocrat
- nero
- autocracy
Crossword Answer definitions
DESPOT noun- A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
- A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)
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 DESPOT
- Tyrant
- Absolute ruler
- Robespierre, to foes
- Autocrat
- Oppressive ruler
- Dictatorial ruler
- Rigid ruler
- Ming the Merciless or Vlad the Impaler
- Ivan the Terrible, e.g.
- Ironfisted ruler
More clues leading to the result TYRANT
- Ivan or Peter
- Autocrat
- Despot
- Iron-fisted ruler
- Bossy boss
- Dictator
- Boss you'd like to toss
- Amin, for one
- Ruthless ruler
- Mean monarch