Answer to "Sponge alternative" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RAG which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.

Sponge alternative crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
RAG	33 %	3
WETMOP	22 %	6
IUD	11 %	3
WETRAG	11 %	6
SQUEEGEE	11 %	8
THEPILL	11 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sponge alternative

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

• rag
• iud
• squeegee
• loofah
• bath
• madeira
• morel
• savarin
• tiramisu
• aop
• bathe
• bum

Crossword Answer definitions

RAG noun

1. (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
2. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
4. A ragged edge in metalworking.
5. A sail, or any piece of canvas.
6. A newspaper, magazine.
7. A poor, low-ranking kicker.

RAG verb

1. To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
2. To become tattered.

RAG noun

1. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.

RAG verb

1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

RAG noun

1. A prank or practical joke.
2. A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.

RAG verb

1. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
2. To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
3. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.

RAG noun

1. An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
2. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.

RAG verb

1. To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
2. To dance to ragtime music.
3. To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

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 RAG

• Geronimo, for one
• Joplin composition
• Joplin work
• Scott Joplin's style
• ____ picker (scavenger)
• Scott Joplin piece
• Scott Joplin product
• Tabloid
• Worn-out garment
• Old cloth

More clues leading to the result WETMOP

• Swabbing tool
• It's used to clean up spills
• Floor cleaner
• Lint picker-upper
• Do a swab job
• Swab
• Janitor's tool
• Tool needing wringing
• Floor-cleaning tool
• Janitor's implement

More clues leading to the result IUD

• Pill alternative, for short
• The sperm stops here, briefly
• Unit inserted through the vagina, briefly
• Alternative to the pill, briefly
• Duramed's ParaGard, e.g.
• Barrier alternative
• Birth control device
• Coitus interruptus alternative
• NuvaRing alternative, for short
• Popular birth control option

More clues leading to the result WETRAG

• Table wiper
• Cleaner's wiper
• Cleaning aid
• Exhausted person
• Bartender's wiper
• Item in a bucket
• Cleaning basic
• Symbol of limpness
• Total bore
• Sponge alternative

More clues leading to the result SQUEEGEE

• Film attacker?
• Windshield cleaner
• Windshield-cleaning tool
• Window cleaner's tool
• Silkscreening need
• Silkscreening implement
• Cleaning tool.
• Window-washing gear
• Window-cleaner's tool
• Contemporary panhandler's prop

More clues leading to the result THEPILL

• Family planning topic, familiarly
• Planned Parenthood topic
• Medical subject of Time magazine covers of 1967 and 2010
• Medical product with no conceivable use?
• Sponge alternative
• See 17-Across