Ship-to-ship call

The answer

AHOY

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

Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Call to a mate - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• "___, matey!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailor's salutation - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• 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.

• Jason's ship - ARGO, used 450 times
• Roll call response - HERE, used 235 times
• Cat call - MEOW, used 114 times
• Ship of 1492 - NINA, used 112 times
• Call for - NEED, used 98 times
• Golden Fleece ship - ARGO, used 97 times

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