Affectionate greeting
The crossword clue "Affectionate greeting" is answered by KISS, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KISS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KISS answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 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.
- HIHON (2 uses in xd)
- BIGHUG (1 uses in xd)
- HIHONEY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for KISS
Every other clue in this collection answered by KISS, most used first.
- Smooch - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Osculate - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Buss - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- Smack - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Lock lips - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign of affection - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Peck on the cheek - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Popular rock group - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Show of affection - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Tell's partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Warm greeting - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Chocolate treat - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Hershey's treat - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Rock band famous for face paint - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Smack in the face? - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- X - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- X, at times - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- X, on a greeting card - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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
- Aussie greeting - GDAY, used 64 times
- "Buona ___" (Italian greeting) - SERA, used 52 times
- Informal greeting - HIYA, used 51 times
- Casual greeting - HIYA, used 48 times
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