Answer to "Yacht heading" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TACK which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2003.

Yacht heading crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
TACK	67 %	4
SSE	33 %	3

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Yacht heading

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• sse
• tack
• asea
• ese
• commodore
• crew
• fantail
• harbor
• iceboat
• leg
• luff
• marina

Crossword Answer definitions

TACK noun

1. A small nail with a flat head.
2. A thumbtack.
3. A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
4. The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
5. A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind. See also reach, gybe.
6. A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
7. The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
8. The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
9. A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
10. Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack.
11. The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
12. Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
13. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
14. A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
15. Confidence; reliance.

TACK verb

1. To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
2. To sew/stich with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
3. To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
4. To add something as an extra item.
5. Often paired with "up", to place the tack on a horse.

TACK noun

1. A stain; a tache.
2. A peculiar flavour or taint.

TACK noun

1. That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.

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 TACK

• Corkboard sticker
• Swerve
• Pushpin
• Office board member?
• Sailing maneuver
• Course of action
• Adhesive quality
• Stickiness
• Short nail
• Upholstery nail

More clues leading to the result SSE

• Away from NNW
• Compass dir.
• Compass reading
• Not quite S
• Pilot's aim
• Vane direction
• Almost S
• Cleveland-to-Wheeling dir.
• Heading
• Omaha-to-Miami dir.