Back at sea

The answer

ASTERN

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASTERN answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• AFT (50 uses in xd)
• STERN (11 uses in xd)
• ABAFT (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for ASTERN

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

• Aft - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• To the rear - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Toward the rudder - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Backward - used 17 times, most recently in 2007
• Rearward - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Toward the rear - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Nautical direction - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Away from the bow - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Back in the Navy - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Abaft. - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
• Toward the wake - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Behind a vessel - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Opposite of ahead - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Toward the back of a boat - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Black Sea port - ODESSA, used 224 times
• Talks back to - SASSES, used 58 times
• Go back on a promise - RENEGE, used 46 times
• Black Sea peninsula - CRIMEA, used 38 times
• Sea nymph - NEREID, used 38 times
• Take back - RECANT, used 35 times

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