Polite word
The crossword clue "Polite word" is answered by PLEASE, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PLEASE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLEASE answer page.
Used 20 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PLEASE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLEASE, most used first.
- Gratify - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- "The magic word" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Make happy - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Satisfy - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- Delight - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- "I beg of you" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Tickle pink - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Pretty follower - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Request sweetener - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Kindly - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Magic word - PRESTO, used 59 times
- Magician's word - PRESTO, used 58 times
- Opening word? - SESAME, used 37 times
- Choice word - EITHER, used 36 times
- Polite denial - NOMAAM, used 26 times
- Footnote word - IBIDEM, used 22 times
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