Hold sway
The crossword clue "Hold sway" is answered by REIGN, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1959. 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
REIGN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REIGN answer page.
Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for REIGN
Every other clue in this collection answered by REIGN, most used first.
- Rule - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Occupy the throne - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Despot's duration - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Time on the throne - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Wear the crown - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Royal rule - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Hold the throne - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Have the throne - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Monarch's tenure - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sovereignty - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Monarch's rule - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Period of rule - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Prevail. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Rule the kingdom - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Dominion - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Period in power - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Predominate - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Sit on the throne - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Hold forth - ORATE, used 70 times
- Hold responsible - BLAME, used 64 times
- "We hold ___ truths ..." - THESE, used 42 times
- Hold up - DELAY, used 36 times
- Take hold - SETIN, used 32 times
- Hold dear - ADORE, used 27 times
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