"Anyways"--I thought it was a northern ism. But the Internet says

[raccoon]

I thought it was a northernism. But the Internet says it’s used in the southeast, Appalachia that is.

Just my experience but I’ve only ever heard it from Northern transplants.

[raging moderate]

1. In Chicago, we always said "anyway."

Maybe it is neither a northernism nor a southernism.

[Tetrachloride]

2. try the DARE

https://www.daredictionary.com/?language=en

Dictionary of American Regional English

Helen C White Hall

University of Wisconsin - Madison

[bucolic_frolic]

3. anywho

[unblock]

4. Sorry for the spuddlegruncher, but:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/lets-talk-about-anyways

Let's Talk About 'Anyways'

But you probably don't want to hear what we have to say
What to Know
Anyways is a real word and has seen use meaning "in any manner or respect" for over 800 years. Many believe the newer usage of "anyways" meaning "at any rate, in any case" is not a real word, but it and other modern usages of "anyways" have consistent use for at least 100 years as well confirming that it is a real word.

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If you are disappointed to hear that anyways is indeed real, perhaps we might supply you with a genuine fake word as consolation (we don’t want you to feel sad). How about spuddlegruncher? It means “the first glimmers of what will undoubtedly turn out to be a massive headache when one realizes that one is having an argument with someone who is basing their entire position on a dim memory of what a former English teacher told them long ago and a strong desire to tell someone else that they are wrong about something.”