Right of decision

The answer

SAYSO

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 3 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
• Final approval - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• 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.

• Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
• Right-hand page - RECTO, used 143 times
• Just right - IDEAL, used 83 times
• Davis of "Do the Right Thing" - OSSIE, used 56 times
• "Moving right __ . . ." - ALONG, used 40 times
• Make things right - ATONE, used 36 times

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