Get one's bearings
The crossword clue "Get one's bearings" is answered by ORIENT, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ORIENT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORIENT answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 8 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.
- ORIENTATE (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORIENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORIENT, most used first.
- Set straight - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Point in the right direction - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Familiarize - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
- "Murder on the ___ Express" - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- East - used 25 times, most recently in 2019
- Get situated - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Show the ropes to - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Set right - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Situate - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Far East - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- The East - used 10 times, most recently in 2005
- Position - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn in the right direction - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Provide bearings - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Show the ropes - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Familiarize (oneself) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Familiarize with new surroundings - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Accustom - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Get even for - AVENGE, used 69 times
- Get away - ESCAPE, used 66 times
- Get there - ARRIVE, used 58 times
- Get cozy - NESTLE, used 48 times
- Get - OBTAIN, used 40 times
- Blows one's top - ERUPTS, used 34 times
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