King or queen
The crossword clue "King or queen" is answered by RULER, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RULER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RULER answer page.
Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RULER
Every other clue in this collection answered by RULER, most used first.
- Measuring stick - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Straightedge - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
- Sovereign - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- King or czar - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Monarch - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Measuring tool - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- School tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Schoolbag item - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- It's for good measure - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- King or emperor - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- 12-inch stick - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Desk drawer item - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- It's made to measure - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Knuckle rapper - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- "The March King" - SOUSA, used 95 times
- Queen ___ lace - ANNES, used 79 times
- King with a golden touch - MIDAS, used 58 times
- King of Judea - HEROD, used 45 times
- Fit for a queen - REGAL, used 44 times
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