Call to a mate

The answer

AHOY

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

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 9 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.

• AHOYTHERE (2 uses in xd)
• GDAY (1 uses in xd)
• HON (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AHOY

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

• Sailor's greeting - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hey, sailor!" - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hi, sailor!" - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Nautical greeting - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's call - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Greeting at sea - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hello, sailor!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Nautical call - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's shout - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Chips ___! (cookie brand) - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's "Hello!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "___, matey!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's salutation - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Ship-to-ship call - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Sailor's cry - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Gob's greeting - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Crow's-nest cry - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Maritime greeting - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Nautical cry - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Mariner's greeting - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's hail - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "___ there, matey!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Bridge call - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Chips ___! - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Sea call - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
• Greeting to a matey - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Hey there, sailor!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hi!" on the high seas - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Howdy, sailor!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Yawl call - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Cry from the crow's-nest - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Mariner's cry - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Matey's greeting - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Nautical attention-getter - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Pirate's greeting - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Popeye's greeting - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Sea greeting - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Shout from a ship - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Roll call response - HERE, used 235 times
• Cat call - MEOW, used 114 times
• Call for - NEED, used 98 times
• Roll call reply - HERE, used 97 times
• Ump's call - SAFE, used 84 times
• Stallion's mate - MARE, used 83 times

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