Polite refusal
The crossword clue "Polite refusal" is answered by NOMAAM, a 6-letter entry. Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOMAAM
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOMAAM answer page.
Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ICANNOT (1 uses in xd)
- IMBUSY (1 uses in xd)
- NODEAR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NOMAAM
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOMAAM, most used first.
- Polite denial - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Polite turndown - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
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 word - PLEASE, used 20 times
- Least polite - RUDEST, used 16 times
- Polite answer - YESSIR, used 7 times
- Polite interjection - IFIMAY, used 7 times
- Polite assent - YESSIR, used 6 times
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