Nautical direction
The crossword clue "Nautical direction" is answered by ASTERN, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASTERN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASTERN answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1952. 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
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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
- 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
- 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.
- In the direction of - TOWARD, used 43 times
- Point in the right direction - ORIENT, used 37 times
- Recipe direction - STIRIN, used 13 times
- Stage direction - EXEUNT, used 12 times
- Musical direction - ATEMPO, used 10 times
- Nautical - MARINE, used 10 times
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