Polynesian tongue
The crossword clue "Polynesian tongue" is answered by MAORI, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MAORI
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAORI answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MAORI
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAORI, most used first.
- New Zealand native - used 175 times, most recently in 2026
- Native New Zealander - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Indigenous New Zealander - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- New Zealander - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Polynesian. - used 17 times, most recently in 1999
- N.Z. native - used 16 times, most recently in 1999
- Indigenous New Zealanders - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Language of New Zealand - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Language that gave us "kiwi" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Certain New Zealander - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Polynesian language - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- One of New Zealand's official languages - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Native Kiwi - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- New Zealand people - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Indigenous people of New Zealand - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Native New Zealanders - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- New Zealand language - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- New Zealand tribesman - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- "The Piano" extra - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Native of New Zealand. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Polynesian people - 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.
- Polynesian carvings - TIKIS, used 24 times
- Polynesian kingdom - TONGA, used 22 times
- Caesar's tongue - LATIN, used 18 times
- Polynesian nation - SAMOA, used 18 times
- Polynesian porch - LANAI, used 18 times
- Tongue-lash - SCOLD, used 16 times
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