Direction opposite SSW

The answer

NNE

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

Used 19 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NNE

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

• Compass point. - used 142 times, most recently in 2024
• Opposite of SSW - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• U-turn from SSW - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• Compass dir. - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Compass pt. - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• SSW opposite - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Away from SSW - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Vane dir. - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Compass reading - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• Wind dir. - used 43 times, most recently in 2022
• SSW's opposite - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• 180 degrees from SSW - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Direction. - used 27 times, most recently in 1974
• GPS reading - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• SSW's directional opposite - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Dir. opposite SSW - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Austin-to-Dallas dir. - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Opposite SSW - used 16 times, most recently in 2012
• St. Louis-to-Chicago dir. - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• 22.5 deg. - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Salem-to-Portland dir. - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Miami-to-NYC heading - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Wind direction. - used 11 times, most recently in 1978
• Pisa-to-Verona dir. - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Storm dir. - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Vane letters - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Compass heading - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Paris-to-Amsterdam dir. - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Point opposite SSW - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• GPS heading - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Mobile-to-Birmingham dir. - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Providence-to-Boston dir. - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Anchorage-to-Fairbanks dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Austin-to-Waco dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Santa Fe-to-Taos dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• SSW's reverse - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Vane reading - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• 22.5 degrees - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• About-face from SSW - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Compass letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Dayton-to-Toledo dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Lisbon-to-London dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Pilot's dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Raleigh-to-Philly dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Richmond-to-D.C. dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Sailing dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Tampa-to-Jacksonville dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Wichita-to-Omaha dir. - used 6 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.

• Opposite of post- - PRE, used 243 times
• Opposite of paleo- - NEO, used 207 times
• Opposite of WSW - ENE, used 192 times
• Opposite of NNW - SSE, used 155 times
• Opposite of WNW - ESE, used 123 times
• Opposite of 'neath - OER, used 81 times

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