The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word AFT , but the solution may also be ALEE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Direction on a ship crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AFT | 25 % | 3 |
| ABEAM | 25 % | 5 |
| ALEE | 25 % | 4 |
| ASTERN | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Direction on a ship
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- aft
- alee
- astern
- fore
- sse
- tailwind
- haul
- heading
- heave
- hauling
- stand
- bearing
Crossword Answer definitions
AFT noun- The stern portion of a vessel.
- Located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane
- At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
- The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
- A party or social event held in the afternoon.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AFT
- Sternward
- Rudder location
- Early P.M.
- Eve. preceder
- Swabbie's rear
- Towards the stern
- Tail gunner's position in a plane
- Ship direction
- Not fore
- Back on a plane
More clues leading to the result ABEAM
- Directly to port or starboard
- Laterally, in ship talk
- Perpendicular to the keel
- At right angles to the keel
- At right angles to a ship
- Sideways at sea
- Across the keel
- At a right angle to the keel
- Perpendicular to a ship's midline
- One way to measure a ship's deck
More clues leading to the result ALEE
- Away from the wind
- Aweather's opposite
- Downwind
- Nautical term
- On the downwind side
- Out of the weather
- Out of the wind
- Peggy or Pinky?
- Protected from the wind
- Sheltered