Monarch's rule

The answer

REIGN

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for REIGN

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

• Rule - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Hold sway - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• 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
• 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.

• Monarch's domain - REALM, used 26 times
• Rule the ___ - ROOST, used 15 times
• Monarch's loyal subject - LIEGE, used 13 times
• "I rule!" - YAYME, used 9 times
• Place to rule - ROOST, used 9 times
• Club rule - BYLAW, used 8 times

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