The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GRIT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2019.
Stick-to-it-iveness crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRIT | 42 % | 4 |
| TENACITY | 26 % | 8 |
| ADHESION | 16 % | 8 |
| COHESION | 11 % | 8 |
| PERSISTENCE | 5 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stick-to-it-iveness
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- persistence
- tenacity
- perseverance
- resilience
- endurance
- survivor
- staying power
- endure
- stick out
- tolerance
- persevere
- persist
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
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
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
More clues leading to the result TENACITY
- Persistence
- Stick-to-it-iveness
- Persistence.
- Determination.
- Perseverance
- Bulldog's quality
- Doggedness
- Determination
- Resolve
- Resolution
More clues leading to the result ADHESION
- Stick-to-itiveness
- Stick-to-it-iveness?
- Bond
- Attachment
- Bonding
- Sticking together.
- State of being united.
- Devoted attachment
More clues leading to the result COHESION
- Asset for a team
- Unity
- Ability to stick together
- Strong team quality
- Molecular property.
- Stick-to-it-iveness?
- Tendency to stick together
- Clingy quality