The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SAND , but the solution may also be METTLE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Grit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SAND | 28 % | 4 |
| SPUNK | 19 % | 5 |
| GNASH | 9 % | 5 |
| METTLE | 9 % | 6 |
| PLUCK | 6 % | 5 |
| NERVE | 6 % | 5 |
| GUTS | 3 % | 4 |
| VALOR | 3 % | 5 |
| FORTITUDE | 3 % | 9 |
| SDNA | 3 % | 4 |
| WILL | 3 % | 4 |
| MOXIE | 3 % | 5 |
| COURAGE | 3 % | 7 |
Why may METTLE be the right solution?
"Mettle" is the right answer because it means a person's ability to cope well with difficulties or face a demanding situation with courage and resilience, which is synonymous with "grit."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gritrock
- sand
- gritstone
- guts
- backbone
- gumption
- gravel
- gravelly
- millstone
- sandpaper
- waterstone
- notch
Crossword Answer definitions
SAND noun- Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- (often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.
- (circa 1920) Personal courage.
- A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- A single grain of sand.
- A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
- To cover with sand.
- To blot ink using sand.
- A sandpiper.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SAND
- Castle material?
- Make smooth
- Smooth down
- ___ box: playground feature
- Bunker filler
- Chopin's companion
- Starter for bar or bag
- Word before hill or dollar
- Beach covering
- Hourglass contents
More clues leading to the result SPUNK
- Gumption
- Intrepid spirit
- Mettle
- Moxie
- Precious mettle?
- Feistiness
- Intestinal fortitude
- Grit
- True grit
- Courage and fortitude
More clues leading to the result GNASH
- Grit
- Grind, as teeth
- Rub together
- Grind, to the grinders
- Grind together
- Grind together, as teeth
- Grind, as one's teeth
- Be a grind?
- Grind teeth
- Grind
More clues leading to the result METTLE
- Fortitude
- Heart
- Inner fiber
- Spunk
- Fiber
- Courage to carry on
- Strength of spirit
- Pluck
- Moxie
- It's tested in battles
More clues leading to the result PLUCK
More clues leading to the result NERVE
More clues leading to the result GUTS
More clues leading to the result VALOR
- Courage under fire
- Heroism
- Guts
- Courage
- Heroic courage
- Bravery
- Chivalric virtue
- One might get a medal for it
- Attribute around the Round Table
- Medalworthy behavior
More clues leading to the result FORTITUDE
More clues leading to the result SDNA
More clues leading to the result WILL
- Bequeath
- Codicil preceder
- "You ___ be assimilated" ("Star Trek" catchphrase)
- Determination
- It details what's left
- Ability to choose
- Desire and grit
- Future-tense helping verb
- Volition
- "Where there's a ___..."
More clues leading to the result MOXIE
- Once-popular soft drink
- First mass-marketed soft drink
- Pluckiness
- Soft drink made with gentian root
- The right stuff
- Boldness
- Audacity
- Nerve
- Plucky courage
- Pluck