Compass heading

The answer

SSE

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 3 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 (16 uses in xd)
• NNE (9 uses in xd)
• ESE (6 uses in xd)
• NNW (4 uses in xd)
• EAST (1 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 dir. - used 161 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
• Chicago-to-Atlanta dir. - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• 180° from NNW - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Atlanta-to-Tampa dir. - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Memphis-to-Mobile dir. - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Opposite NNW - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Wind direction - used 15 times, most recently in 2001
• Dir. opposite NNW - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Buffalo-to-Baltimore dir. - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Not quite S - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• Compass direction - used 12 times, most recently in 1999
• Direction away from NNW - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Pilot's dir. - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
• Charlotte-to-Charleston dir. - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Mariner's dir. - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Opp. of NNW - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Reno-to-L.A. dir. - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Reverse of NNW - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Seattle-to-Phoenix dir. - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• SFO-to-LAX heading - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• 157.5 degrees from N - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Chicago-to-Tampa dir. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Flagstaff-to-Tucson dir. - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Florence-to-Rome dir. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Fresno-to-L.A. dir. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Jacksonville-to-Miami dir. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Pilot's heading - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Cleveland-to-Akron dir. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Needle point? - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Point opposite NNW - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Reno-to-Las Vegas dir. - used 8 times, most recently in 1993
• Vancouver-to-Seattle dir. - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Vane reading - used 8 times, most recently in 1992
• Boulder-to-Pueblo dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• NYC-to-St. Croix heading - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Seattle-to-Reno dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Toledo-to-Columbus dir. - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Weather-report abbr. - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• About-face from NNW - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Almost S - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Boston-to-Nantucket dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Capt.'s heading - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Compass letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Helm dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Iceland-to-Ireland dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Lubbock-to-Laredo dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Map dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Montreal-to-Boston dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Salem-to-Reno dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• St. Paul-to-St. Louis dir. - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Toronto-to-D.C. heading - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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
• Compass pt. - ESE, used 82 times

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