Direction
The crossword clue "Direction" is answered by EAST, a 4-letter entry. Used 57 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EAST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EAST answer page.
Used 57 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 4 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.
Other clues for EAST
Every other clue in this collection answered by EAST, most used first.
- Sunrise direction - used 256 times, most recently in 2026
- Right on the map - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
- Bridge position - used 121 times, most recently in 2025
- Orient - used 96 times, most recently in 2022
- Toward sunrise - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ of Eden" - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Vane direction - used 79 times, most recently in 2024
- Bridge seat - used 68 times, most recently in 2019
- Cardinal point - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Right on a map - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- It's right on the map - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Sunrise site - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Compass point - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Dawn direction - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the dawn - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the sunrise - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Toward the rising sun - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Sunup direction - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Recipe direction - STIR, used 102 times
- Stage direction - EXIT, used 77 times
- Nautical direction - ALEE, used 70 times
- Sunset direction - WEST, used 43 times
- Cookbook direction - STIR, used 36 times
- Change direction - VEER, used 35 times
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