RULE
4 letters
Historical clue formulations
- Kick butt, so to speak — 2026-01-22
- Dominion — 2025-04-19
- Word after golden or slide — 2024-05-21
- "I ___!" (shout of exultation) — 2024-01-20
- A "golden" one is an especially good thing to follow — 2024-01-16
- Governance — 2024-01-12
- Be the coolest — 2023-08-26
- "Roll doubles to get out of jail" or "You do not talk about Fight Club" — 2023-02-09
- Are awesome — 2022-11-11
- "I before E except after C," e.g. — 2022-09-26
- Straight line — 2022-07-07
- Something a renegade may break or ignore — 2022-07-05
- Reign — 2022-04-20
- Word that may be defiantly rhymed with "schmool" — 2022-03-23
- Word with gag and ground — 2022-03-19
- Be awesome — 2020-06-07
- Be awesome — 2020-03-27
- Reign — 2018-09-05
- Be absolutely awesome — 2018-04-22
- Be the best, in slang — 2018-02-12
- Govern — 2018-01-29
- "No shoes, no shirt, no service," e.g. — 2017-11-28
- "Collect $200 after passing Go," e.g. — 2015-09-28
- Be the bomb — 2015-09-11
- "Employees must wash hands before returning to work," e.g. — 2015-05-17
- Stickler's citation — 2013-08-24
- Make a call — 2013-02-03
- Be the best, in slang — 2012-10-13
- Announce a decision — 2012-07-24
- Reign — 2012-04-17
- Game player's concern — 2011-10-29
- Exclude, with "out" — 2010-10-31
- "No shirt, no shoes, no service," e.g. — 2010-09-21
- Govern — 2010-03-15
- Occupy the throne — 2009-12-22
- "Look twice before crossing," e.g. — 2009-08-10
- Lord over — 2009-06-10
- "No shirt, no shoes, no service," e.g. — 2009-03-01
- Reign — 2008-11-16
- Eliminate, with "out" — 2008-07-10
- Listing in Hoyle's — 2008-04-23
- "Look both ways before crossing," e.g. — 2008-02-05
- Reign — 2007-11-04
- Hold sway — 2007-09-12
- Three strikes and you're out, e.g. — 2007-06-03
- Call the shots — 2007-02-22
- Imperative — 2007-01-25
- Run things — 2006-12-03
- Hold sway — 2006-09-05
- Reign — 2006-06-26
