Pluck
The crossword clue "Pluck" is answered by NERVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. 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 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- "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
- 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.
- "Luck and Pluck" author - ALGER, used 18 times
- Pluck - MOXIE, used 16 times
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