Cowardly Lion's lack
The crossword clue "Cowardly Lion's lack" is answered by NERVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. 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
NERVE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NERVE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NERVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NERVE, most used first.
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- Audacity - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Courage - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Gumption - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Gall - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Moxie - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Boldness - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Pluck - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- "You've got some ___!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Cheek - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
- Coward's lack - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- Guts - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Temerity - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Brazenness - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Chicken's lack - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Daring - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Effrontery - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Great courage - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Brass - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Fortitude - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- "Of all the ___!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Coward's lack - SPINE, used 14 times
- Ninny's lack - SENSE, used 13 times
- Bald tire's lack - TREAD, used 11 times
- Helvetica lack - SERIF, used 11 times
- Fool's lack - SENSE, used 10 times
- Glider's lack - MOTOR, used 10 times
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