The Clue
Backward, at sea (6 letter answer)
The Answer
ASTERN
Tags
Notes
The answer ASTERN is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
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Behind a liner
Behind in the regatta
Behind, at sea
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Definition
ASTERN as an adverb:
1. stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed"
2. (aft, abaft, astern) = at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
3. (of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"