Say "May I?"

The answer

ASK

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASK answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ASK

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

• Inquire - used 361 times, most recently in 2026
• Request - used 210 times, most recently in 2026
• Invite - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
• Pose a question - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• Query - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• Question - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• "Shoot!" - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Pop the question - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't ___!" - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a request - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Set as a price - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Be inquisitive - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Show curiosity - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fire away!" - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Pose - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Make inquiries - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Seek answers - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Set a price of - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Call upon - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• "Funny you should ___ ... " - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Quiz - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
• Demand - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Petition - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "I thought you'd never ___!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Try me" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Look for answers - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ me if I care" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Seek information - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Solicit - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Suggest, as a price - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• What it doesn't hurt to do - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Seek an answer - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Call for - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Make an inquiry - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Pose, as a question - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Me How I Know" (Garth Brooks song) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ not what your country . . . " - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Set the price at - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• "Thought you'd never ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Try to find out - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ and ye shall receive" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Billy Joel's "Don't ___ Me Why" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "If you have to ___..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ me anything" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Pose questions - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Put it to - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Respond on "Jeopardy!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Say "What?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Start of a JFK quote - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Avril Lavigne's "Too Much to ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Don't ___, don't tell" - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Pose, as a riddle - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Seek clarification - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Try to get some answers - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "All I ___ of You" (song from "The Phantom of the Opera") - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't ___ Me Why" (Billy Joel hit) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Go ahead, shoot!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Interrogate - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Pop a question - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pose a poser - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Put to - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Seek consent - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Seek enlightenment - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Seek info - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Want as a price - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• "Don't ___ me!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "Just __" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Name as a price - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Pose the question - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Propose as a price - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Require - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Set a price - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• "... ___ what you can do for your country" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• May honoree - MOM, used 152 times
• Say further - ADD, used 134 times
• "Say what?" - HUH, used 89 times
• "Do -- say!" - ASI, used 69 times
• "May I help you?" - YES, used 63 times
• "Who am ___ say?" - ITO, used 43 times

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