The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CADGE , but the solution may also be BUM which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Mooch crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CADGE | 35 % | 5 |
| SPONGE | 25 % | 6 |
| BUM | 17 % | 3 |
| BEG | 7 % | 3 |
| PARASITE | 7 % | 8 |
| LEECH | 3 % | 5 |
| FREELOAD | 3 % | 8 |
| SCROUNGE | 2 % | 8 |
| SPONGER | 2 % | 7 |
Why may BUM be the right solution?
The answer "BUM" fits the clue "Mooch" because a bum is someone who mooches or begs for things without working for them.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mooch
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bum
- cadge
- sponge
- grub
- freeloader
- freeloading
- scrounge
- dole
- scrounging
- pilfer
- moochers
- schmooze
Crossword Answer definitions
CADGE noun- A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
- To beg.
- To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
- To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
- To carry, as a burden.
- To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
- To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CADGE
- Get by begging
- Mooch
- Sponge
- Borrow, as a cigarette
- Be a mooch
- Bum off of
- Make like a freeloader
- Sponge from
- Beg
- Freeload
More clues leading to the result SPONGE
- Loofah, e.g.
- Holey water container?
- Mooch
- Kind of bath
- Absorbent wiper
- Moocher
- Spill sopper
- Type of bath or cake
- Freeloader
- Absorbent cleaner
More clues leading to the result BUM
- Like some deals
- Like some raps
- Vagrant
- Cadge
- "Borrow," as a cigarette
- Alley denizen
- Borrow (forver)
- Schlub
- Enthusiast
- Derriere
More clues leading to the result BEG
- Appeal to
- Implore
- Plead
- Hold out one's hand
- Petition
- Crusade for change?
- Go hunting for table scraps
- Plead with
- Seek change
- Work for a few quarters?
More clues leading to the result PARASITE
- Host's annoyance
- Opposite of a host
- Leech
- Moocher
- Mooch
- One who takes something and gives nothing
- Hanger-on
- User
- Flea, to a dog
- Host's counterpart in a symbiotic relationship
More clues leading to the result LEECH
- Bloodletter's critter
- Hanger-on
- Sponge
- Big sucker
- Bloodsucker
- Sucker
- Moocher
- Annelid useful to ancient doctors
- Annelid used in hirudotherapy
- Sucker at the lake
More clues leading to the result FREELOAD
- Mooch regarding ELO is absorbed by trend (8)
- Sponge
- Mooch
- Take advantage of others' generosity
- Get some, but give none
- Bum
- Grub
- Horn in on a party
- Fail to pay the freight
- Sponge off
More clues leading to the result SCROUNGE
- Go foraging
- Scrape together
- Dumpster-dive
- Do some dumpster-diving
- Salvage
- Bum, as a cigarette
- Finagle
- Pilfer: Slang.
- Cadge.
- Cadge or sponge.