The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEECH which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2012.
Sponger crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEECH | 44 % | 5 |
| DEADBEAT | 22 % | 8 |
| MOOCH | 11 % | 5 |
| PARASITE | 11 % | 8 |
| CADGER | 11 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sponger
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scrounger
- cadger
- moocher
- freeloader
- parasite
- deadbeat
- sucker
- schnorrer
- sopper
- scrounge
- siphoner
- mooch
Crossword Answer definitions
LEECH noun- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
- A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
- To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
- To drain (resources) without giving back.
- A physician.
- (Heathenry) A healer.
- To treat, cure or heal.
- The vertical edge of a square sail.
- The aft edge of a triangular sail.
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 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 DEADBEAT
- One who doesn't pay debts
- Exhausted.
- All tired out: Colloq.
- Exhausted: Slang.
- Tired out: Slang.
- Down-and-outer.
- Sponge.
- Sponger
- Poor credit risk
- One who ignores bills
More clues leading to the result MOOCH
- Sponge
- Parasite
- Panhandle
- "Borrow" permanently
- Be a sponge
- Freeload
- Look for a handout
- Sponge (off of)
- Behave like Cab Calloway's "red hot hoochie coocher"?
- Schnorrer
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