Answer to "Informal greeting" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HIYA , but the solution may also be HEY which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).

Informal greeting crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
HIYA	40 %	4
HEY	16 %	3
HIHO	11 %	4
HOWDY	6 %	5
HITHERE	5 %	7
HOWDO	3 %	5
YOOHOO	3 %	6
HIGUY	3 %	5
HOWGOESIT	2 %	9
OHHEY	2 %	5
WAVE	2 %	4
WHATSCOOKING	2 %	12
HULLO	2 %	5
HOWDYDOODY	2 %	10
HEYTHERE	2 %	8
HOWAREYA	2 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Informal greeting

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• hi
• hello
• hey
• what's up
• doublet
• gypsy
• juba
• locomotion
• popping
• robot
• barnaby
• basket

Crossword Answer definitions

HIYA interjection

1. An informal greeting, hi, hello.

HIYA interjection

1. A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result HIYA

• Casual greeting
• "Greetings!"
• "'Sup"
• "Howdy!"
• Informal greeting
• Jaunty greeting
• Slangy hello
• "Wassup?"
• "Howdy"
• "Hey, there"

More clues leading to the result HEY

• "__, There" ("The Pajama Game" tune)
• Attention-getting word
• "Whaddaya know!"
• "You there!"
• Watch it!
• Attention-getter
• Relative of yoo-hoo
• "Yo!"
• "Over here!"
• One-third of Fat Albert's catchphrase

More clues leading to the result HIHO

• Cracker brand
• Ritz alternative
• Jaunty greeting
• Marching song
• Another cracker brand
• Informal greeting
• Sunshine cracker
• Sunshine Biscuits brand
• Dwarfs' refrain
• Jocular greeting

More clues leading to the result HOWDY

• Dude ranch greeting
• Informal greeting
• "'Sup?" down south
• "Hey, there"
• ___ Doody
• First name in TV puppets
• Greeting to a cowpoke
• "Hey, Tex"
• Cowboy's greeting
• Galveston greeting

More clues leading to the result HITHERE

• "Well, hello!"
• Informal greeting
• "Hey"
• Friendly greeting
• "Howdy!"
• "Greetings!"
• Words of welcome
• Casual greeting
• Colloquial greeting.
• "Hello"

More clues leading to the result HOWDO

• Folksy greeting
• Hat-tipper's phrase
• Informal greeting
• "___ I love thee? . . . "
• First words of a greeting.
• Start of a greeting
• "___ you do?"
• Greeting said with a tip of the hat
• Greeting that might be made with a tip of the hat
• Quaint greeting to a lady or gent

More clues leading to the result YOOHOO

• Berra pitched it
• "Hel-looo!"
• "Over here!"
• "Anyone home?"
• "Anybody home?" call
• "Anybody home?"
• Beverage flacked by Yogi Berra
• Attention-getting shout
• "Anyone around?"
• Waver's word

More clues leading to the result HIGUY

• Informal greeting

More clues leading to the result HOWGOESIT

• "What's happening?"
• Greeter's question
• "What's happenin'?"
• "'Sup?"
• *Informal greeting
• "Sup?"
• "Everything good with you?"

More clues leading to the result OHHEY

• "I didn't expect to see you here"
• "Fancy seeing you here!"
• "I didn't see you there!"
• Informal greeting
• "Just noticed you there!"
• Casual greeting
• "What a surprise to run into you here!"
• "Surprising to run into you here!"

More clues leading to the result WAVE

• Ballpark antic
• High sign
• Stadium audience participation
• Undulation
• Make a motion
• Waikiki ride
• Group action
• It's sometimes permanent
• Surfer's surface
• Attention-getter

More clues leading to the result WHATSCOOKING

• Informal greeting
• Half-baked question?
• "How are plans coming along?"

More clues leading to the result HULLO

• "Howdy do!"
• "Is this thing on?"
• Informal greeting
• "What do we have here?"
• Bath greeting
• Exclamation of greeting.
• Shout of surprise.
• Attention-getting cry.
• Exclamation of surprise.
• Hunting call.

More clues leading to the result HOWDYDOODY

• Freckled star of old TV
• Buffalo Bob Smith's puppet
• Buffalo Bob Smith's buddy
• Friendly kids' show?
• Buffalo Bob's buddy
• '50s kiddie show
• Kids' show with Princess SummerfallWINTERspring
• Stringed star of '50s TV
• Tots' pet TV character.
• Pioneer TV show.

More clues leading to the result HEYTHERE

• "Yo!"
• Attention getter
• Friendly greeting
• Informal greeting
• "Psst!"
• Greeting that sounds vaguely creepy
• From The Pajama Game

More clues leading to the result HOWAREYA

• Question after "Hi"
• "'Sup?"
• Informal greeting