The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MISER which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2019.
Scrooge, for one crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MISER | 69 % | 5 |
| EBEN | 8 % | 4 |
| TIGHTWAD | 8 % | 8 |
| MONEYGRUBBER | 8 % | 12 |
| GROUCH | 8 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scrooge, for one
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crab
- role
- scowl
- grouch
- hoard
- sneer
- sneerer
- avarice
- ghost
- mean
- partner
- spats
Crossword Answer definitions
MISER noun- A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
- A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.
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 MISER
- Skinflint
- Tightwad
- Penny-pincher
- Tightfisted type
- Cheapskate
- Niggardly one
- Someone least likely to pick up the tab
- Penny pincher
- Scrooge
- Pincher of pennies
More clues leading to the result EBEN
- Bacheller's "___ Holden"
- Clark Kent's father in 1950s TV
- Scrooge, to friends
- Scrooge, familiarly
- Hero in the 1948 film "Portrait of Jennie"
- "__ Holden": 1900 Bacheller novel
- Clark Kent's father, in 1950s TV
- Irving Bacheller's "__ Holden"
- "__ Holden": Irving Bacheller novel
- "Proof of Heaven" author Alexander
More clues leading to the result TIGHTWAD
- Piker
- Scrooge
- Penny pincher
- Close one
- Careful watcher of expenditures: Slang.
- Jack Benny's impersonation.
- Penny pincher.
- Cheapskate
- Skinflint
- Not a big spender