Behind a vessel

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 2006; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Back at sea - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• Behind - LOSING, used 17 times
• Blood vessel - ARTERY, used 16 times
• Behind-the-__ - SCENES, used 14 times
• Fell behind - LAGGED, used 14 times
• One behind the other - TANDEM, used 11 times
• Behind the times - OLDHAT, used 10 times

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