"Do as I say"

The answer

OBEY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OBEY answer page.

Used 11 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 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.

• OBEYME (12 uses in xd)
• NOTASIDO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OBEY

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

• Follow orders - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
• Toe the line - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Mind - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Do as you're told - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Do as told - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Heed - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Comply with - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
• Follow - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Comply - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Follow instructions - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Follow the rules - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Do as directed - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Carry out - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Do as one's told - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Be compliant - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Follow, as orders - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Be guided by. - used 12 times, most recently in 1987
• Follow directions - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Listen to - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Do the bidding of - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Do what you're told - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Carry out, as orders - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Comply with a command - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Do as commanded - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Go along with - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Observe - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Follow an order - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Fall in line - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Follow a command - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Follow commands - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Follow the leader - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Follow to the letter - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "... love, honor and ___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Submit. - used 7 times, most recently in 1987
• Take orders from - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Toe the mark - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Word in old wedding vows - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Abide by - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Be a good soldier - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Do as instructed - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Do one's bidding - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Pay heed - 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.

• "Sad to say ..." - ALAS, used 250 times
• "What ___ can I say?" - ELSE, used 116 times
• Say it isn't so - DENY, used 113 times
• Say it's so - AVER, used 97 times
• "You can say that again!" - AMEN, used 93 times
• "Sorry to say . . ." - ALAS, used 84 times

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