The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LEECHES which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2009.
Spongers crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEECHES | 40 % | 7 |
| CADGERS | 20 % | 7 |
| DEADBEATS | 20 % | 9 |
| PARASITES | 20 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Spongers
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scrounger
- cadger
- moocher
- freeloader
- freeloaders
- parasites
- workshy
- malingerers
- shirkers
- prigs
- idlers
- rotters
Crossword Answer definitions
LEECHES 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 LEECHES
- Suckers
- Hangers-on
- Parasites
- Bloodletter's supply
- Bloodsuckers
- Sponges
- Freeloaders
- Spongers
- Bloodsucking worms
- Physicians, old style.
More clues leading to the result CADGERS
More clues leading to the result DEADBEATS
- Description of work by the figures haunting this puzzle?
- Freeloaders
- Collector's targets
- Spongers: Slang.
- Free loaders.
- Sponges of a sort.
- Party spongers
- Spongers
- They rate zero on the "credit-ability" scale
- Sponges