Shout from a ship

The answer

AHOY

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 3 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
• 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

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
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
• From square one - ANEW, used 181 times
• From scratch - ANEW, used 138 times
• "Take ___ from me" - ATIP, used 126 times

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