Toast opener

The answer

HERES

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HERES answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• HERESTO (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for HERES

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

• "___ Johnny!" - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
• Start of a toast - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
• Toast starter - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ to you!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the thing ..." - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ looking at you, kid" - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ mud in your eye!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the deal ..." - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ how!" - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
• Toast start - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Toast beginning - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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.

• French toast - SALUT, used 37 times
• Artery opener - STENT, used 30 times
• __ toast - MELBA, used 26 times
• Eye opener? - ALARM, used 21 times
• Kind of toast - MELBA, used 21 times
• Scandinavian toast - SKOAL, used 20 times

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