Informal greetings
The crossword clue "Informal greetings" is answered by HEYS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HEYS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEYS answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 6 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.
- HOWDOYOUDOS (1 uses in xd)
- YOOHOOS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HEYS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEYS, most used first.
- Attention-getters - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Casual greetings - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Attention-getting cries - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Informal greeting - HIYA, used 51 times
- Informal talk - CHAT, used 45 times
- Informal farewell - TATA, used 26 times
- Informal refusal - NOPE, used 24 times
- Informal eatery - CAFE, used 22 times
- Informal refusal - UHUH, used 20 times
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