Wind pointer
The crossword clue "Wind pointer" is answered by VANE, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VANE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VANE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 1 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.
- WEATHERVANE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for VANE
Every other clue in this collection answered by VANE, most used first.
- Weathercock - used 75 times, most recently in 2023
- Wind indicator - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Barn topper - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Windmill blade - used 36 times, most recently in 2022
- Wind direction indicator - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Wind instrument? - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Windmill part - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Turbine part - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Barn roof spinner - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Rooftop spinner - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Weather ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Weather indicator - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Barn-top device - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Barn roof decoration - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Barn roof topper - used 6 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.
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
- Out of the wind - ALEE, used 179 times
- Strong wind - GALE, used 156 times
- Get wind of - HEAR, used 132 times
- "Gone With the Wind" plantation - TARA, used 63 times
- Powerful wind - GALE, used 54 times
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