Hydrocarbon suffix
The crossword clue "Hydrocarbon suffix" is answered by ENE, a 3-letter entry. Used 143 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ENE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENE answer page.
Used 143 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 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.
- YNE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ENE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ENE, most used first.
- Chemical suffix - used 260 times, most recently in 2026
- Compass point. - used 222 times, most recently in 2024
- Opposite of WSW - used 192 times, most recently in 2026
- Compass dir. - used 175 times, most recently in 2026
- U-turn from WSW - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
- Away from WSW - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- Compass pt. - used 128 times, most recently in 2025
- Chemical ending - used 85 times, most recently in 2023
- Wind dir. - used 85 times, most recently in 2019
- Compass reading - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Direction. - used 50 times, most recently in 1972
- Direction opposite WSW - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Ethyl ending - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- WSW's opposite - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Suffix with ethyl - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Vane dir. - used 45 times, most recently in 2018
- 180 degrees from WSW - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- GPS reading - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- WSW opposite - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Hydrocarbon ending - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Memphis-to-Nashville dir. - used 26 times, most recently in 2021
- Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- Chicago-to-Detroit dir. - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Directional opposite of WSW - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- 180 deg. from WSW - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
- Ending for ethyl - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Opposite WSW - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Superlative suffix - EST, used 521 times
- Language suffix - ESE, used 371 times
- Jargon suffix - ESE, used 236 times
- Sugar suffix - OSE, used 233 times
- Enzyme suffix - ASE, used 226 times
- Chemical suffix - ANE, used 194 times
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