___ of thumb
The crossword clue "___ of thumb" is answered by RULE, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RULE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RULE answer page.
Used 23 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RULE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RULE, most used first.
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