The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ABSORBS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2004.
Sponges up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABSORBS | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sponges up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- absorbs
- soaks up
- sucks up
- absorb
- horny
- sponge
- bacillus
- canal
- stony
- caltrop
- take up
- aop
Crossword Answer definitions
ABSORBS verb- To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
- To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
- To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- To take in energy and convert it, as
- To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
- To occupy or consume time.
- Assimilate mentally.
- To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- To defray the costs.
- To accept or purchase in quantity.
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