Fortitude
The crossword clue "Fortitude" is answered by NERVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013. It appears in 4 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2013. It appears in 4 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.
- BACKBONE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for NERVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NERVE, most used first.
- Chutzpah - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- "Of all the ___!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Cowardly Lion's lack - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Approaches - NEARS, used 329 times
- Mother-of-pearl - NACRE, used 327 times
- Nary a soul - NOONE, used 293 times
- ___ Dame - NOTRE, used 291 times
- Wanderer - NOMAD, used 266 times
- Twangy - NASAL, used 206 times
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