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 |
| METTLE | 9 % | 6 |
| GNASH | 9 % | 5 |
| PLUCK | 6 % | 5 |
| NERVE | 6 % | 5 |
| VALOR | 3 % | 5 |
| FORTITUDE | 3 % | 9 |
| SDNA | 3 % | 4 |
| WILL | 3 % | 4 |
| MOXIE | 3 % | 5 |
| COURAGE | 3 % | 7 |
| GUTS | 3 % | 4 |
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 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 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 PLUCK
More clues leading to the result NERVE
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
More clues leading to the result COURAGE
- Lionhearted-one's quality
- Desire of Lahr's lion
- Cowardly Lion's desire
- Darkest-hour need
- Grace under pressure, to Hemingway
- Bravery
- Mother __
- What a chicken lacks
- Grit, but not grits
- Valorous display