Less polite
The crossword clue "Less polite" is answered by RUDER, a 5-letter entry. Used 29 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RUDER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUDER answer page.
Used 29 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 13 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.
- RUDDER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RUDER
Every other clue in this collection answered by RUDER, most used first.
- More impolite - used 28 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.
- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- Less friendly - ICIER, used 86 times
- Polite refusal - NOSIR, used 86 times
- Less risky - SAFER, used 75 times
- Less cordial - ICIER, used 71 times
- Less than 90 degrees - ACUTE, used 49 times
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