Back of a boat
The crossword clue "Back of a boat" is answered by STERN, a 5-letter entry. Used 59 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
STERN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STERN answer page.
Used 59 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for STERN
Every other clue in this collection answered by STERN, most used first.
- Strict - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Violinist Isaac - used 38 times, most recently in 2014
- Uncompromising - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Severe - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Unyielding - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Austere - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Back of a ship - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Harsh - used 26 times, most recently in 2021
- Exacting - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Forbidding. - used 25 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.
- Dispatch boat - AVISO, used 160 times
- Put back to zero - RESET, used 85 times
- Drive back - REPEL, used 82 times
- Back tooth - MOLAR, used 72 times
- Back biter - MOLAR, used 66 times
- Back in style - RETRO, used 55 times
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