Greeting in Rio

The answer

OLA

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OLA answer page.

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 7 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.

• ALO (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for OLA

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

• Slangy suffix - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix with pay - used 62 times, most recently in 2022
• Pay stub? - used 53 times, most recently in 2023
• Portuguese greeting - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Wave: Sp. - used 40 times, most recently in 2003
• Suffix with schnozz - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Palm leaf. - used 27 times, most recently in 2007
• Hello, in Portuguese - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Palm leaf: Var. - used 22 times, most recently in 1976
• Spanish wave - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Biographer Winslow - used 20 times, most recently in 1996
• Pay add-on - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Pay ending - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• Portuguese "hello" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Brazilian greeting - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Ending with pay - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Schnozz extension - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Wave: Span. - used 13 times, most recently in 1961
• Rio greeting - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Suffix with pay or plug - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Pay attachment? - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Pay stretcher? - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Rio "hello" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Schnozz add-on - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Schnozz ender - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Schnozz suffix - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Suffix for "pay" - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Boff ending - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Ending for pay or plug - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Lisbon greeting - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Schnozz ending - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• End for pay or plug - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Norse name. - used 8 times, most recently in 1952
• Schnozz extender - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Commercial suffix with Motor - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Cray or pay ending - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Pay extension? - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Rock-___ (jukebox brand) - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Bribery suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Ending for pay - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Hello, in Rio - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Pay ender - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Pay follower - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Pay or Cray ending - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Plug or pay ending - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Slangy intensifier - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Suffix with "pay" or "Cray" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Suffix with plug - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Forum greeting - AVE, used 57 times
• Rio de ___ - ORO, used 36 times
• Casual greeting - HEY, used 26 times
• Canine greeting - ARF, used 22 times
• Halloween greeting - BOO, used 20 times
• Roman greeting - AVE, used 20 times

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