Abrasive material
The crossword clue "Abrasive material" is answered by GRIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GRIT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GRIT answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ALUMINA (1 uses in xd)
- DIAMONDDUST (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GRIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by GRIT, most used first.
- Pluck - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Fortitude - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Determination - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Courage - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Sandpaper coating - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Sand - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Sandpaper surface - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Gumption - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Sandpaper feature - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Moxie - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Stick-to-itiveness - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- "True __"; John Wayne film - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Spunk - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Abrasive particles - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Backbone - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- "True ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Perseverance - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- "True ___" (John Wayne movie) - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Indomitable spirit - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Sandy stuff - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Stick-to-it-iveness - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Abrasive stuff - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Unyielding courage - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sandy particles - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Toughness - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "True __": Wayne film - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Doily material - LACE, used 61 times
- Pottery material - CLAY, used 43 times
- Sweater material - WOOL, used 42 times
- Rope material - HEMP, used 41 times
- Blue material - SMUT, used 37 times
- Suit material? - TORT, used 32 times
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