Directional suffix
The crossword clue "Directional suffix" is answered by ERN, a 3-letter entry. Used 188 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 29 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ERN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERN answer page.
Used 188 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 29 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ERN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERN, most used first.
- Sea eagle - used 169 times, most recently in 2025
- Sea bird - used 133 times, most recently in 2020
- West end? - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
- Directional ending - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- East ender? - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
- West ender? - used 38 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Superlative suffix - EST, used 521 times
- Language suffix - ESE, used 371 times
- Chemical suffix - ENE, used 260 times
- Jargon suffix - ESE, used 236 times
- Sugar suffix - OSE, used 233 times
- Enzyme suffix - ASE, used 226 times
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