Directing word
The crossword clue "Directing word" is answered by VIA, a 3-letter entry. Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VIA
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIA answer page.
Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2016. 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.
Other clues for VIA
Every other clue in this collection answered by VIA, most used first.
- By way of - used 728 times, most recently in 2026
- Through - used 174 times, most recently in 2026
- Itinerary word - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- By means of - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Routing word - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Passing through - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Using - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
- Traveling through - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Dolorosa - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
- By way of, in GPS directions - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Itinerary preposition - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- ___ Appia - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
- Airline ticket word - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- ___ Rail - used 12 times, most recently in 2004
- By way of, in directions - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Routing term - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- ___ Veneto - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Rome's ___ Veneto - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Routing preposition - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- By - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Route word - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- By way of, on itineraries - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Google Maps directions word - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Word on Italian street maps - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Word on Italian street signs - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
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- "My word!" - GEE, used 155 times
- Latin 101 word - AMO, used 112 times
- Word before a maiden name - NEE, used 102 times
- Towel word - HIS, used 85 times
- Bridal bio word - NEE, used 71 times
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