"Please explain"
The crossword clue ""Please explain"" is answered by WHY, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WHY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WHY answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 2 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.
- IDONTSEEIT (1 uses in xd)
- IMABITCONFUSED (1 uses in xd)
- PRAYTELL (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for WHY
Every other clue in this collection answered by WHY, most used first.
- "How come?" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- "For what reason?" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- The reason - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- One of the five W's - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Question of motive - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Rationale - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Toddler's frequent query - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Kid's question - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- ___ favor (please, in Spanish) - POR, used 34 times
- ___ favor (Spanish "please") - POR, used 25 times
- "We ___ to please" - AIM, used 25 times
- "Please Don't __ the Daisies" - EAT, used 23 times
- "Quiet, please!" - SHH, used 21 times
- ___ favor (please) - POR, used 13 times
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