The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CODE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2014.
Set of rules crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| CODE | 77 % | 4 | 
| SYSTEM | 8 % | 6 | 
| POLICY | 8 % | 6 | 
| PROTOCOL | 8 % | 8 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Set of rules
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- code
- guidelines
- protocols
- regulations
- adjectival
- custom
- law
- customary
- purview
- prescription
- policy
- positive law
Crossword Answer definitions
CODE noun- A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
- Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject.
- A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.
- A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning.
- A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.
- Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.
- (scientific programming) A program.
- A particular lect or language variety.
- An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff.
- To write software programs.
- To add codes to a dataset.
- To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.
- To encode.
- To encode a protein.
- To call a hospital emergency code.
- Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.
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 CODE
- Cryptogram
- Zip ___
- Omert... or bushido
- Word with 16A
- Word with bar or dress
- Omerta or bushido
- ___ of silence (what a snitch breaks)
- "The Da Vinci ___"
- Programmer's output
- Web developer's output
More clues leading to the result SYSTEM
- Part of DOS
- Plan
- Word with buddy or honor
- Gambler's secret
- Gambler's quest
- Buddy follower
- Betting method
- Network
- OS X part
- Socialism or capitalism, e.g.
More clues leading to the result POLICY
- Club rule
- Course of action
- Set of rules
- Expedient procedure
- Way of doing things
- Expedient course
- Art of government.
- Honesty, for instance.
- Governing principle.
- Honesty, for one.