Call the shots
The crossword clue "Call the shots" is answered by RULE, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RULE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RULE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 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.
Other clues for RULE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RULE, most used first.
- Regulation - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Hold sway - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Govern - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Reign - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Bylaw - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Occupy the throne - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ of thumb - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Hold power - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Reign over - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Precept - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Preside over - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Dominion - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Be in charge - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Control - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Dominate - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Law - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Wear the crown - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Criterion. - used 10 times, most recently in 1979
- Hold sway over - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Be a monarch - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Golden ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Make a call - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Principle - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Run the show - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Golden or slide - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Sit on the throne - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Straightedge - used 7 times, most recently in 1989
- Three strikes and you're out, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Be awesome - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Decree - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Hold the throne - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Lay down the law - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Make a decision - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- "No shirt, no shoes, no service," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Pass judgment - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Wield power - 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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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