| Greetings from Hawaii, say, not initially returned |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Nov 2025 |
| Casual greeting |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2025 |
| Casual greeting |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Casual greeting |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Upbeat greeting |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2025 |
| Casual "hello" |
Commuter |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Possible opener further up by one's ear? (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
21 May 2025 |
| Informal greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Mar 2025 |
| "Howdy" |
Premier Sunday |
02 Mar 2025 |
| Casual greeting |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2025 |
| Casual greeting |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Casual greeting |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Casual greeting |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2024 |
| "Hey!" |
Commuter |
23 Sep 2024 |
| "Howdy!" |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2024 |
| Casual welcome |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Casual greeting |
Commuter |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Casual hello |
Commuter |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Miss Piggy welcome |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Cheerful greeting |
Universal |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Informal greeting |
Newsday |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Slangy greeting |
Newsday |
27 May 2024 |
| "Howdy!" |
Universal |
22 May 2024 |
| "Howdy!" |
Universal |
20 May 2024 |
| Informal greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Welcome his intriguing yarns about leaders |
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| Slang word used as a greeting (4) |
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| "Well, howdy!" |
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| "Yo!" |
Universal |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Casual greeting |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2023 |
| "Howdy!" |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2023 |
| "Howdy!" |
New York Times |
14 Oct 2023 |
| Casual greeting |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2023 |
| 'Howdy!' |
USA Today |
22 Jun 2023 |
| 'Howdy there!' |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2023 |
| "Howdy there!" |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2023 |
| "How's it goin'?" |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2022 |
| "Hey there!" |
Universal |
16 Aug 2022 |
| Informal greeting |
Universal |
13 May 2022 |
| Superior-sounding greeting |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Mar 2022 |
| 'Well, hey there!' |
USA Today |
25 Nov 2021 |
| Casual greeting |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Oct 2021 |
| “Howdy!” |
New York Times |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Casual welcome |
Newsday |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Greeting from Hawaii always uplifting |
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| "Howdy!" |
Universal |
28 May 2021 |
| 'Hey there!' |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2021 |
| "Hey there!" |
Universal |
02 Feb 2021 |
| Chipper greeting |
Universal |
01 Feb 2021 |
| 'Well, hey there!' |
USA Today |
12 Jan 2021 |
| 'What's up?' |
USA Today |
09 Dec 2020 |
| 'Howdy!' |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Exclamation while performing a karate kick |
The Washington Post Sunday |
04 Oct 2020 |
| "Sup" |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2020 |
| 'Sup' |
The Washington Post |
13 Sep 2020 |
| ''Hey there'' |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Breezy greeting |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Breezy greeting |
The Washington Post |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Donald Duck greeting |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2020 |
| Greeting more dignified in speech |
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| ''Howdy!'' |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Chipper greeting |
New York Times |
11 Mar 2020 |
| Informal greeting |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Jan 2020 |
| 'Hey there' |
Premier Sunday |
10 Nov 2019 |
| 'Howdy there!' |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2019 |
| "Hey there!" |
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| 'Hey there!' |
New York Times |
31 Oct 2019 |
| Casual greeting |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2019 |
| Casual greeting |
The Washington Post |
16 Oct 2019 |
| Slangy greeting |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Casual greeting |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Sep 2019 |
| Folksy greeting |
The Washington Post Sunday |
04 Aug 2019 |
| What's heard in Yankee accent (see introductions)? |
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| Breezy greeting |
Family Time |
14 Jan 2019 |
| Casual greeting |
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| Informal greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Dec 2018 |
| "Howdy there!" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2018 |
| 'Howdy there!' |
The Washington Post |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Informal greeting |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2018 |
| Slangy greeting |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Informal welcome |
Newsday |
19 Jul 2018 |
| "Hey there" |
Universal |
30 Apr 2018 |
| Informal greeting |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2018 |
| Pray I have in part returned greeting |
The Telegraph Toughie |
30 Jan 2018 |
| "Howdy there!" |
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| "Hey there" |
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| Slangy greeting |
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| Informal greeting |
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| 'Howdy' |
New York Times |
19 Oct 2017 |
| "Howdy!" |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2017 |
| Informal greeting |
The Times Concise |
13 Aug 2017 |
| 'Yo' |
The Washington Post |
14 Jul 2017 |
| "Yo" |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2017 |
| 'Hey there' |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2017 |
| 'Howdy!' |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2017 |
| "'Sup" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jan 2017 |
| "Yo" |
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| "Howdy!" |
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| "'Sup" |
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| "Howdy" |
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| "Hey there" |
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| 'What's up?' |
The Washington Post |
31 Dec 2016 |
| "Hey!" |
Universal |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Casual greeting, more lofty on the telephone? |
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| "How's it goin'?" |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jun 2016 |
| Informal "Welcome!" |
USA Today |
18 May 2016 |
| Simple greeting |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2016 |
| Casual greeting |
Universal |
21 Mar 2016 |
| 'Hello there' |
New York Times |
24 Jan 2016 |
| "Hello there" |
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| "Hey!" |
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| "Howdy!" |
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| Informal "Welcome!" |
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| "Oh, hey there!" |
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| "How's it goin'?" |
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| Slangy greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Dec 2015 |
| Casual greeting |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2015 |
| ''Hey!'' |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2015 |
| Casual greeting |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2015 |
| "Hey!" |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2015 |
| Casual greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2015 |
| "Hey!" |
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| "Hey!" |
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| "Howdy" |
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| "'Sup" |
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| Casual greeting |
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| Casual greeting |
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| Casual greeting |
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| Casual conversation starter |
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| "Greetings!" |
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| Slangy greeting |
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| Informal greeting |
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| Jaunty greeting |
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| Slangy greeting |
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| "Wassup?" |
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| Breezy greeting |
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| Informal welcome |
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| "Wassup" |
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| "Hey, there" |
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| Conversation starter |
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| Informal greeting |
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| Breezy greeting |
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| Breezy greeting |
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| Informal greeting |
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| Chipper greeting |
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| "Hey!" |
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| "How de do" |
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| "Hey!" |
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| "What's shakin'?" |
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| Casual greeting |
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| "Howdy!" |
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| Informal greeting |
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| "Greetings!" |
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| "Yo!" |
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| Jaunty greeting |
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| Jaunty greeting |
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| "Howdy!" |
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| "Howdy!" |
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| Breezy greeting |
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| Jaunty greeting |
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| "Yo!" |
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| Slangy hello |
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| Slangy greeting |
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| "Howdy!" |
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| Informal "Welcome!" |
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| Casual greeting |
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| Informal greeting |
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| Casual greeting |
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| "Yo!" |
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| Informal greeting |
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| Greeting from Gleason's bartender |
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| "Wassup!" |
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| "Hey, neighbor!" |
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| Informal hello |
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| "Hey!" |
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| Informal greeting |
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| Slangy hello |
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| "Howdy!" |
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| Informal greeting |
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| "Wassup?!" |
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| Relaxed greeting |
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| Opening line |
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| Relaxed greeting |
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| "Howdy" |
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| "Greetings!" |
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| "Hey there!" |
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| Casual greeting |
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| Opening line |
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| "Howdy" |
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| "Howdy!" |
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| Informal greeting |
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| Slangy hello |
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| "What's goin' on?" |
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| Slangy greeting |
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| Slangy hello |
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