"I beg your pardon?"

The answer

WHAT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WHAT answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 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.

• EXCUSEME (6 uses in xd)
• AHEM (2 uses in xd)
• EXCUSEZMOI (1 uses in xd)
• HEY (1 uses in xd)
• SAYAGAIN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for WHAT

Every other clue in this collection answered by WHAT, most used first.

• "Huh?" - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• "Come again?" - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• "Are you serious?" - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• One of the five W's - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "Could you repeat that?" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Can you repeat that?" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "Excuse me?" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Request for repetition - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "Say that again?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Exclamation of surprise. - used 8 times, most recently in 1964
• Reporter's query - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• "Eh?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "Say again?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Reporter's question - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Second baseman of comedy - 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.

• "In your dreams!" - ASIF, used 104 times
• "Pardon me" - AHEM, used 100 times
• "Beg pardon ..." - AHEM, used 89 times
• "Your majesty" - SIRE, used 83 times
• "___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" - LETA, used 70 times
• "I'm ___ your tricks!" - ONTO, used 61 times

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