The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GRIT , but the solution may also be GRAINS which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in LA Times).
Bits of sand crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRIT | 50 % | 4 |
| GRAINS | 50 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bits of sand
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- grains
- particles
- grit
- quartz
- dust
- explode
- flocculent
- masking
- particle
- pick
- piecemeal
- abcs
Crossword Answer definitions
GRIT noun- A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
- Inedible particles in food.
- A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive.
- A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
- Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
- Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
- To cover with grit.
- To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
- (usually in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
- (usually in the plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result GRIT
- Backbone
- Sandpaper feature
- Stick-to-itiveness
- Can't eat just one
- Indomitable spirit
- The Duke's "True __"
- Nerve
- True determination
- Pluck
- Sandpaper coating