Clues for the word "ORIENT"
We've had 127 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 367 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on April 29, 2026.
Definition of orient
- a. - Rising, as the sun.
- a. - Eastern; oriental.
- a. - Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
- n. - The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
- n. - The countries of Asia or the East.
- n. - A pearl of great luster.
- v. t. - To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
- v. t. - Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
Referring Clues
- Point in the right direction
- China and environs, with "the"
- Break in, so to speak
- Get fixed
- Turn in the right direction
- Prepare, as incoming students
- "Mysterious" locale
- The East
- Familiarize
- Get situated
- ___ Express
- Situate
- East
- Turn right side up
- Early source of spices, with "the"
- Show the ropes to
- Set straight
- It's no occident
- Magi's home
- Show the ropes
- ___ Lines (big name in cruises)
- Mysterious locale, once, with "the"
- Cathay and environs, with "the"
- Source of spices for old traders
- Help get settled
- Source of "we three kings"
- Familiarize (oneself)
- Turn toward the east
- China, Japan, et al.
- "Murder on the ___ Express"
- "Murder on the ___ Express" (Christie mystery)
- Familiarize with new surroundings
- Steer straight
- Get one's bearings
- 53-Down and thereabouts, with "the"
- Determine one's position
- Figure out which way is up, so to speak
- Accustom
- Position
- China and environs, once, with "the"
- Get adjusted
- Prepare, as new students
- Set right
- Use a compass
- Direct
- Turn right-side-up
- Provide bearings
- Get your bearings
- Agatha Christie title word
- Where amahs serve
- Marco Polo's destination
- Set straight, in a way
- Make comfortable, perhaps
- Get (oneself) situated
- Turn right?
- "Murder on the ___ Express," 58-/46-Across movie (1974)
- Turn the right way
- Familiarize with a new setting
- Far East
- Fix one's bearings
- Help new freshmen
- Align
- Give bearings to
- Polo's destination
- Become acclimated
- Send in the right direction
- Polo ground?
- Christie's Express
- Face in a particular direction
- Magi's origin
- Word from the Latin for "sunrise"
- Point in the proper direction
- Point properly
- Familiarize a freshman
- Put on course
- Asia
- The ___ Express
- Far East (with "the")
- Acquaint
- Where dawn arrives
- Provide bearings to
- Get aligned
- Make comfortable, in a way
- 'We three kings of ___ are'
- Familiarize, as with new surroundings
- Set in the right direction
- Point the right way
- Direct (toward)
- Help to adjust
- Adjust to surroundings
- Acclimate
- Word in an Agatha Christie title
- Destination of Marco Polo
- Agatha Christie's "Murder on the ___ Express"
- Countries of the East
- Determine (one's position) with reference to another point
- The mystic East?
- After opening, is interactive with the East
- Determine position of Eastern countries
- Eastern books contain nothing foreign
- Familiarize with a new situation
- Moving it east-nor'-east
- Line up books containing nothing in French
- Murderous experience, love, on which Parisian's nothing t' say
- Help out new freshmen
- Eastern footballers?
- Get bearings on where the Magi came from
- E, say, on this for the trip of a lifetime once?
- Align, in a way
- East London football club between 1888-1898 and 1966-1987
- The Far East
- Eastern Asia
- Adjust
- Put on the right track
- Christie's "Express" train
- Get positioned
- East side
- East Asia
- East of Leyton, formerly
- Acquaint with the existing situation
- Place
- Put on the right path
- Acclimatize
- Give the lay of the land
- "Murder on the ___ Express" (Agatha Christie mystery)
- Get acclimated
- If not, get the one ten travelling east
Last Seen In
- New York Times - April 29, 2026
- Daily American - April 09, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 24, 2026
- New York Times - March 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 26, 2026
- Mirror Mini - February 10, 2026
- Mirror Mini - December 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 13, 2025
- Daily American - October 03, 2025
- LA Times - September 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 03, 2025
- Daily American - March 09, 2025
- LA Times - February 27, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 22, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 28, 2024
- New York Times - December 22, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 05, 2024
- New York Times - December 02, 2024
- LA Times - November 25, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 19, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 14, 2024
- Daily American - October 11, 2024
- New York Times - September 08, 2024
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