Toward the protected side

The answer

ALEE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALEE answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ALEE

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

• Away from the wind - used 282 times, most recently in 2026
• Sheltered - used 261 times, most recently in 2026
• Out of the wind - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
• Sheltered, at sea - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Toward shelter - used 127 times, most recently in 2019
• Nautical term. - used 125 times, most recently in 2011
• Downwind - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Not aweather - used 80 times, most recently in 2025
• On the sheltered side - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of aweather - used 77 times, most recently in 2020
• Nautical direction - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• On the safe side - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Helm position - used 48 times, most recently in 2016
• Nautical adverb - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Toward the sheltered side - used 46 times, most recently in 2024
• Out of the storm - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Aweather's opposite - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
• Protected from the wind - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Sheltered from the wind - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Nautical word - used 31 times, most recently in 2003
• To the sheltered side - used 31 times, most recently in 2014
• Protected, at sea - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Sheltered, nautically - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• On the safe side, at sea - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• On the protected side - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• Away from the storm - used 23 times, most recently in 2014
• On the calm side - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• Nautical position - used 22 times, most recently in 2013
• Not windward - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• On the quiet side - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Sailor's direction - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• Windward's opposite - used 19 times, most recently in 2014
• Toward shelter, at sea - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Out of the weather - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• To shelter - used 16 times, most recently in 2008
• Direction at sea - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• On the safer side - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Away from the wind, nautically - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Nautical heading - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• On the sheltered side, at sea - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Protected, nautically - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Away from the breeze - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Away from the gusts - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Away from the wind, at sea - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Away from the weather - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
• Downwind, at sea - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Downwind, nautically - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Protected, in a way - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Shelterward - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Safe, at sea - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Sheltered, on a ship - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Toward shelter, nautically - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Nautically sheltered - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• On the calmer side - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Opposite of windward - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Safe, on board - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Sailing term - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "Hard ___!" (helm command) - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Helm heading - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• On the less windy side - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Sheltered, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Wheelhouse direction - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Away from the gale - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Hard ___!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• "Hard ___!" (ship command) - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Out of the wind, nautically - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Protected - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Away from the sea wind - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Away from the wind, on a ship - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "Hard ___!" (captain's order) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Helm direction - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Mariner's direction - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• On the calmer side, at sea - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• On the quiet side, at sea - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Protected, on board - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Sailing direction - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Toward the windless side - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Back of the neck - NAPE, used 264 times

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