Nautical direction
The crossword clue "Nautical direction" is answered by AFT, a 3-letter entry. Used 24 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AFT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AFT answer page.
Used 24 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for AFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by AFT, most used first.
- Toward the stern - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
- Sternward - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Astern - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Back at sea - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the rudder - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Fore and __ - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Back, on a boat - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the tail - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Back on board - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Toward the rear - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Fore's opposite - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Back of the boat - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the tiller - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Direction opposite NNW - SSE, used 57 times
- Direction. - ENE, used 50 times
- Direction opposite WSW - ENE, used 50 times
- Direction. - SSE, used 33 times
- Direction. - NNE, used 27 times
- Direction. - ESE, used 23 times
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