Compass dir.
The crossword clue "Compass dir." is answered by SSE, a 3-letter entry. Used 161 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SSE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SSE answer page.
Used 161 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 24 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 (10 uses in xd)
Other clues for SSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SSE, most used first.
- U-turn from NNW - used 181 times, most recently in 2026
- Compass point. - used 160 times, most recently in 2024
- Opposite of NNW - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- Compass pt. - used 89 times, most recently in 2025
- Away from NNW - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Wind dir. - used 69 times, most recently in 2019
- Vane dir. - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Direction opposite NNW - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- NNW's opposite - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Compass reading - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Direction. - used 33 times, most recently in 1979
- NNW opposite - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Dallas-to-Houston dir. - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Toronto-to-D.C. dir. - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Atlanta-to-Miami dir. - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- GPS reading - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Orlando-to-Miami dir. - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Chicago-to-Miami dir. - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- GPS heading - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- 180 degrees from NNW - used 21 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 point. - ENE, used 222 times
- Compass dir. - ENE, used 175 times
- Compass point. - NNE, used 142 times
- Compass point. - ESE, used 133 times
- Compass pt. - ENE, used 128 times
- Wind dir. - ENE, used 85 times
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