Vane dir.
The crossword clue "Vane dir." is answered by NNE, a 3-letter entry. Used 52 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NNE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NNE answer page.
Used 52 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 12 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.
- WSW (5 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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.
- Compass dir. - ENE, used 175 times
- Compass dir. - SSE, used 161 times
- Wind dir. - ENE, used 85 times
- Wind dir. - SSE, used 69 times
- Vane dir. - SSE, used 64 times
- Compass dir. - ESE, used 48 times
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