Slangy greeting

The answer

HIYA

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

Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. 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.

• SUP (11 uses in xd)
• HIHO (3 uses in xd)
• HOLLA (2 uses in xd)
• YODOG (1 uses in xd)
• YODUDE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HIYA

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

• Informal greeting - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Casual greeting - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• "Howdy!" - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hey there!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hey!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Yo!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Greetings!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Chipper greeting - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Informal welcome - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "Wassup?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "Well, hey there!" - used 6 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
• Sailor's greeting - AHOY, used 79 times
• Slangy suffix - EROO, used 76 times
• Aussie greeting - GDAY, used 64 times
• "Buona ___" (Italian greeting) - SERA, used 52 times
• Slangy refusal - NOPE, used 47 times

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