Captain's post
The crossword clue "Captain's post" is answered by HELM, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HELM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HELM answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HELM
Every other clue in this collection answered by HELM, most used first.
- Tiller - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Steerer's place - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Captain's place - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Ship's wheel - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Captain's spot - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Position of leadership - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Captain's position - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Leadership position - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Skipper's post - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Captain's wheel - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Pilot's place - used 11 times, most recently in 1999
- Position of control - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Captain's place on a ship - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Big wheel at sea - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Ship's tiller - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Steering station - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Bridge position - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Place of control - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Skipper's place - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Nautical steering wheel - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Skipper's spot - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Steering wheel - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Post-WWII alliance - NATO, used 55 times
- Post - MAIL, used 45 times
- Post-workout feeling - ACHE, used 29 times
- Post - SEND, used 24 times
- Post-workout woe - ACHE, used 20 times
- Army post - FORT, used 16 times
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