Nautical greeting
The crossword clue "Nautical greeting" is answered by AHOY, a 4-letter entry. Used 45 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AHOY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AHOY answer page.
Used 45 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 12 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 (3 uses in xd)
- AHOYMATE (1 uses in xd)
- AVAST (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
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.
- Spanish greeting - HOLA, used 90 times
- Aussie greeting - GDAY, used 64 times
- "Buona ___" (Italian greeting) - SERA, used 52 times
- Nautical adverb - ALEE, used 48 times
- Prefix with nautical - AERO, used 46 times
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