Guiding phrase

The answer

MOTTO

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOTTO answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MOTTO

Every other clue in this collection answered by MOTTO, most used first.

• Words to live by - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Slogan - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Maxim - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
• Inspirational slogan - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Catchphrase - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Be Prepared," e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "All for one and one for all," e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "E pluribus unum," e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Live free or die," e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Live Free or Die," for New Hampshire - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Saying - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Semper fidelis," for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Words to remember - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Be prepared," for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Guiding principle - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Guiding principle - CREDO, used 37 times
• Guiding principle - TENET, used 34 times
• Guiding principle - CREED, used 22 times
• Stock phrase - ATPAR, used 19 times
• Folder's phrase - IMOUT, used 18 times
• Clarifying phrase - IDEST, used 15 times

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