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We have spotted STERN (5 Letters) a total of 80 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with STERN and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
| • | The black tern. |
| • | Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. |
| • | The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. |
| • | The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. |
| • | Fig.: The post of management or direction. |
| • | The hinder part of anything. |
| • | The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog. |
| • | Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Showing tough love say
- Back in the navy?
- Serious and unforgiving
- Super serious
- Ship’s rear
- Firm
- Ship's rear
- Exacting
- Alternative to iOS
- Unlikely to approve of horseplay
- Like a disciplinarian
- Sailor's rear end?
- Unbending
- Unsmiling
- Some prank pullers
- Far from lenient
- Back on board
- Severe and strict
- Boat’s back
- Hard-nosed
- Back of a ship
- Very strict
- Sailors rear
- Strict and serious
- Back of a boat
- Not in the mood for any funny stuff
- From stem to __
- Rear of a ship
- No-nonsense
- Bow's opposite
- Boat back
- By-the-book
- Severe
- Not prone to goofing around
- Back at sea?
- Strict
Usage among publishers:
- New York Times: Sep 27, 2025
- LA Times: Sep 14, 2025
- USA Today: Jul 12, 2025
- USA Today: May 3, 2025
- Eugene Sheffer: May 2, 2025
- LA Times: Jan 5, 2025
- Thomas Joseph: Dec 5, 2024
- New York Times: Dec 2, 2024
- LA Times: Nov 26, 2024
- LA Times: Oct 13, 2024
- Universal: Jun 25, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Jun 7, 2024
- LA Times: May 4, 2024
- New York Times: May 1, 2024
- Newsday: Dec 13, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Nov 4, 2023
- Universal: Oct 29, 2023
- Thomas Joseph: Jul 27, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Jul 8, 2023
- Newsday: Jun 7, 2023
- Newsday: May 22, 2023
- New York Times: May 21, 2023
- Universal: Apr 28, 2023
- LA Times: Apr 17, 2023
- LA Times: Mar 30, 2023
- LA Times: Mar 27, 2023
- Newsday: Mar 21, 2023
- LA Times: Feb 21, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Feb 13, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Jan 10, 2023