Answer to "Moochers" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SPONGES , but the solution may also be FREELOADERS (hiding “F-EEL”) which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).

Moochers crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SPONGES	33 %	7
FREELOADERS (hiding “F-EEL”)	33 %	32
PARASITES	33 %	9

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Moochers

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• cadger
• scrounger
• sponger
• beggars
• spongers
• mendicants
• indigents
• freeloading
• freeloader
• vagrants
• freeload
• millennials

Crossword Answer definitions

SPONGES noun

1. Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
2. A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
3. A porous material such as sponges consist of.
4. A heavy drinker.
5. A type of light cake.
6. A type of steamed pudding.
7. A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
8. A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
9. Any sponge-like substance.
10. A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
11. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
12. A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.

SPONGES verb

1. To take advantage of the kindness of others.
2. To get by imposition; to scrounge.
3. To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
4. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
5. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
6. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
7. To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.

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 SPONGES

• End of the question
• Parasites
• Voracious learners
• Freeloads
• Mooches
• Eager learners, metaphorically
• They hold water
• Dish cleaners
• Cleaning conveniences
• Ocean dwellers

More clues leading to the result FREELOADERS (hiding “F-EEL”)

• Moochers

More clues leading to the result PARASITES

• Bloodsuckers
• Lice and the like
• Leeches
• Two locations?
• Spongers.
• Fleas.
• Sponges
• Spongers/rubber areas?
• The Sphinx and the Parthenon?
• Mooches