It may follow directions

The answer

ERN

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ERN

Every other clue in this collection answered by ERN, most used first.

• Directional suffix - used 188 times, most recently in 2026
• Sea eagle - used 169 times, most recently in 2025
• Sea bird - used 133 times, most recently in 2020
• West end? - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
• Directional ending - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• East ender? - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
• West ender? - used 38 times, most recently in 2017
• South end? - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
• Coastal flier - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Coastal bird - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Fish-eating bird - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Bird. - used 17 times, most recently in 1977
• East end? - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Suffix with east or west - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Direction suffix - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix with north or south - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• White-tailed eagle - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
• It follows directions - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• North end? - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Suffix with south - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Osprey's cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2003
• Suffix with west - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Follower of directions? - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Water bird. - used 11 times, most recently in 1978
• Marine eagle - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Suffix with north - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• East or west end - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Suffix with east - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• White-tailed bird - used 9 times, most recently in 1997
• Shore bird - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Suffix with northwest - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Compass point suffix - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Fish-eating eagle - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Suffix for east or west - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix with southeast - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Suffix with southwest - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Coastal eagle - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Coastal raptor - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• East extension - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• European eagle - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Suffix for north or south - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• May honoree - MOM, used 152 times
• "May I help you?" - YES, used 63 times
• Follow relentlessly - DOG, used 27 times
• It may be inflated - EGO, used 26 times
• It may follow you - ARE, used 24 times
• "Maggie May" singer Stewart - ROD, used 21 times

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