Formal rulings
The crossword clue "Formal rulings" is answered by DICTA, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DICTA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DICTA answer page.
Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DICTA
Every other clue in this collection answered by DICTA, most used first.
- Pronouncements - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Formal pronouncements - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Formal decrees - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Decrees - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Authoritative pronouncements - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Authoritative statements - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Maxims - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
- Judicial opinions - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Orders - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Sayings. - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
- Authoritative orders - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Formal decree - EDICT, used 24 times
- Formal agreements - PACTS, used 21 times
- Formal ceremonies - RITES, used 21 times
- Formal mall - ALLEE, used 14 times
- Formal dances - BALLS, used 13 times
- Formal response to "Who's there?" - ITISI, used 13 times
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