Indomitable spirit
The crossword clue "Indomitable spirit" is answered by GRIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 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 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GRIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by GRIT, most used first.
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- 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
- Abrasive material - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- 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.
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- Lively spirit - ELAN, used 16 times
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