Polite query
The crossword clue "Polite query" is answered by MAYI, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MAYI
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAYI answer page.
Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MAYI
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAYI, most used first.
- Polite request - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Request for permission - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- "Pretty please?" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- "Allow me?" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- "Please?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "Will you allow me?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Polite address - MAAM, used 88 times
- Polite fellow - GENT, used 36 times
- Polite term of address - MAAM, used 36 times
- Polite interruption - AHEM, used 26 times
- Far from polite - RUDE, used 17 times
- Polite bloke - GENT, used 17 times
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