Vane letters

The answer

ENE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENE answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 6 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.

• NNE (10 uses in xd)
• ESE (5 uses in xd)
• SSE (3 uses in xd)
• SSW (2 uses in xd)
• WNES (2 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
• Hydrocarbon suffix - used 143 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
• Dir. opposite WSW - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Point opposite WSW - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• 67.5 degrees, in terms of direction - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
• Carbon compound suffix - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Benz finish? - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Needle point? - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Phoenix-to-Albuquerque dir. - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Denver-to-Chicago dir. - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Ethyl ender - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Chemistry suffix - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Compass heading - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• 112.5 degrees away from S - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Comp. pt. - used 15 times, most recently in 1997
• Suffix with butyl - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Suffix in chemistry. - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Toronto-to-Ottawa dir. - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Vane direction - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• WSW's reverse - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• 180° from WSW - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Suffix with benz- - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• 67.5 deg. - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Direction away from WSW - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Lansing-to-Flint dir. - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Toronto-to-Montreal dir. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Benz ending - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
• Compass point opposite WSW - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Tampa-to-Orlando dir. - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• 112.5 degrees from S - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• 67.5 degrees, on a compass - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• 67.5 degrees, to mariners - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• 67 degrees 30 minutes - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Dallas-to-Memphis dir. - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Detroit-to-Toronto dir. - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• GPS heading - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Opp. of WSW - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Suffix with acetyl - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Buffalo-to-Rochester dir. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Compass direction - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• One-eighty from WSW - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Wind direction. - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• WSW's directional opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Benz trailer? - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Peoria-to-Cleveland dir. - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Portland-to-Spokane dir. - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Reverse of WSW - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Suffix for ethyl or methyl - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Suffix with ethyl or methyl - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• About 2 o'clock, on a compass - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• About-face from WSW - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Acetyl" add-on - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Biloxi-to-Mobile dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Boise-to-Billings dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• D.C.-to-Dover dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Denver-to-Omaha dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• End for ethyl or methyl - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Map dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• San Francisco-to-Salt Lake City dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• San Jose-to-Modesto dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• St. Louis-to-Indianapolis dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Storm dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Suffix with propyl - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Zurich-to-Munich dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• 67.5° - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Baltimore-to-Philadelphia dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• L.A.-to-N.Y. dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Organic chemistry suffix - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Paris-to-Berlin dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Pt. opposite WSW - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Springfield-to-Boston dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• St. Louis-to-Cincinnati dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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