Clues for the word "REIGN"
We've had 151 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 328 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on January 13, 2026.
Definition of reign
- n. - Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
- n. - The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
- n. - The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.
- n. - To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.
- n. - Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.
- n. - To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
Referring Clues
- Hold sway
- Be in charge
- Monarch's rule
- Wear the crown
- Stretch on the throne
- King's time on the throne
- Have the throne
- Cover many subjects?
- Period on the throne
- Period of power
- Time on the throne
- Own the throne
- King's term
- Royal authority
- Despot's duration
- Royal rule
- The Who's "Love, ___ O'er Me"
- Rule
- Ruling period
- King's tenure
- Rule the kingdom
- Sit on the throne
- Prevail
- Time at the top
- Tut's tenure
- Predominate
- Hold the scepter
- Exercise of sovereign power
- Occupy the throne
- Period of rule
- Time in power
- Be lordly
- Victoria's lasted longer than that of any other British monarch
- Ruler's length
- Live like a king?
- Hold the throne
- Rule the roost
- Fall to
- Be king
- Queen's tenure
- Sovereignty
- Period in power
- Run the country
- Monarch's tenure
- Hold the title of monarch
- Sovereign time period
- Be in power
- ___ of terror
- Be the king
- Govern
- Wield power
- Get crowned
- Royal supremacy
- King's dominion
- Era, perhaps
- Hold power, as a monarch
- Possess the throne
- Be king or queen over
- Period during which a monarch rules
- Rule over a kingdom
- Take to the throne
- Hold royal office
- Who "Love, ___ o'er Me"
- The Who "Love, ___ O'er Me"
- Niger (anag)
- Period during which someone is dominant
- Rule, which comes from above, they say
- Sit on a throne
- Republicans want it done away with - an audible torrent?
- Noise the rain makes in Niger?
- Not all foreigners possess power
- As a rule, it heartens the foreigner
- As a rule, grin wryly about a close finish
- Time on throne
- Check the key in, as a rule
- Foreign rule?
- Foreign government?
- Rule over
- Rule where to abdicate is pointless
- Governors do so in foreign parts
- What Beatrix of the Netherlands used to do in the shower, according to rumour
- Be a monarch
- Rule of monarch
- Sounds like the downfall of rule
- Put a curb round gelding's head and get control
- Be on the throne
- Sound of waterfall as a rule ...
- Rule of restraint without force
- Be king of Niger?
- Sit on the throne, which is wet by the sound of it!
- 9 across's period in office
- Rule to ignore, bent - nothing's lost
- Sway one to enter, say, into the navy
- Prevail in pronounced bad weather
- Rule about unknown
- Check statement as a rule
- Check broadcast as rulers do
- Pronouced fall, as a rule
- Rule: to abdicate lacks point
- Good to be in control - for its duration?
- Sound to come down, as a rule
- Start to light again as a rule
- Precipitation reported as a rule
- Some are ignoring rule
- Dominate
- 72 years, for Louis XIV
- ___ of Terror (French Revolution period)
- Ruler's span
- Give up when squadron leader's going to prevail
- Right to be king and regularly exercise power
- Concede game, ignoring second rule
- Period of a monarchy
- Some are ignoring government
- Hold sway, rule
- Be king then abdicate, not having son
- Check about first of Georges to rule as monarch
- Give up disregarding small rule
- Rule in theatre ignored
- Dynastic duration
- Be the boss of some foreigners
- The rule for keeping a guerrilla leader in check
- Era of a dynasty
- Queen's term
- Hold power
- Sovereign's time in power
- What a sovereign has to do
- Monarch's period
- Foreign rule?
- Queen's rule
- Emperor's tenure
- Do a queen's job
- Monarch's term
- Monarch's stint
- Occupy a throne
- Rulers do it
- A rule that breaks the heart of singers
- Some foreign government
- Queen's stint
- Queen's time in power
- Noise the rain makes in Niger?
- Be sovereign
- Rule, like a queen
- Empress's tenure
- Foreign government?
- 1952-2022, for Queen Elizabeth II
- Sounds like rain as a rule
- Ruler's term
- Seattle soccer squad
- Era in power
- Dynasty
- Dominion
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - January 13, 2026
- Mirror Mini - January 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - November 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 29, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 25, 2025
- LA Times - October 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 16, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 05, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 31, 2025
- Daily American - August 30, 2025
- LA Times - July 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 10, 2025
- LA Times - May 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 30, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 16, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 06, 2025
- Mirror Mini - January 04, 2025
- LA Times - January 02, 2025
- USA Today - December 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 05, 2024
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