Vane letters

The answer

NNE

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1977. 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.

• ENE (11 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 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
• Direction opposite SSW - used 19 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
• 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

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