Official decree
The crossword clue "Official decree" is answered by EDICT, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EDICT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDICT answer page.
Used 24 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 12 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.
- ORDINANCE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for EDICT
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDICT, most used first.
- Decree - used 141 times, most recently in 2026
- Proclamation - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Royal decree - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Fiat - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Official order - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Formal decree - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Order - used 24 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.
- Church official - ELDER, used 107 times
- Roman official - EDILE, used 83 times
- Court decree - ARRET, used 31 times
- Turkish decree. - IRADE, used 29 times
- Islamic decree - FATWA, used 28 times
- Decree. - ENACT, used 27 times
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