Formal order
The crossword clue "Formal order" is answered by DECREE, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DECREE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DECREE answer page.
Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DICTUM (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for DECREE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DECREE, most used first.
- Edict - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Court judgment - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Fiat - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Official order - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Court order - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Judicial order - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Judicial decision - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Order - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Authoritative order - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Judge's order - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- In working order - USABLE, used 37 times
- Formal - DRESSY, used 33 times
- Brunch order - OMELET, used 27 times
- Breakfast order - OMELET, used 24 times
- Order to relax - ATEASE, used 22 times
- Made-to-order - CUSTOM, used 19 times
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