Formal decrees
The crossword clue "Formal decrees" is answered by EDICTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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EDICTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDICTS answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for EDICTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDICTS, most used first.
- Decrees - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Official orders - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Royal decrees - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Official decrees - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Fiats - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Proclamations - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Orders from on high - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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 - DRESSY, used 33 times
- Formal order - DECREE, used 20 times
- Like formal attire - DRESSY, used 15 times
- Formal argument - DEBATE, used 11 times
- Formal headwear - TOPHAT, used 10 times
- Formal headgear - TOPHAT, used 9 times
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