Final approval

The answer

SAYSO

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

Used 18 times across 14 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.

Other clues for SAYSO

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

• Authority - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Final authority - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Final word - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Authority to decide - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Approval - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Dictum - used 16 times, most recently in 2003
• Permission - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Authorization - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Go-ahead - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "If I do ___ myself" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Right of final decision - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Right to decide - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Last word - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Assurance - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Final decision - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Right of decision - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Verbal authority - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• "The final frontier" - SPACE, used 64 times
• Final Greek letter - OMEGA, used 36 times
• Final letter - OMEGA, used 16 times
• Enthusiastic approval - ECLAT, used 13 times
• Final notices - OBITS, used 13 times
• Final tally - TOTAL, used 12 times

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