Provide bearings

The answer

ORIENT

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORIENT answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Get one's bearings - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• 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.

• Provide - RENDER, used 12 times
• Provide comfort to - SOOTHE, used 8 times
• Provide coverage for - INSURE, used 6 times

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