Kind of nerve
The crossword clue "Kind of nerve" is answered by OPTIC, a 5-letter entry. Used 35 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OPTIC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPTIC answer page.
Used 35 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 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.
- SCIATIC (3 uses in xd)
- OLFACTORY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OPTIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by OPTIC, most used first.
- Eye-related - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Fiber-___ cable - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Vision-related - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Sight-related - used 39 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.
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- Kind of boom - SONIC, used 65 times
- Kind of drum - SNARE, used 64 times
- Kind of question - YESNO, used 64 times
- Kind of rocket - RETRO, used 47 times
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