The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CADGES , but the solution may also be TOSSPOTS which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in New York Times).
Sponges crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CADGES | 17 % | 6 |
| BUMS | 17 % | 4 |
| PARASITES | 13 % | 9 |
| LEECHES | 13 % | 7 |
| TOSSPOTS | 8 % | 8 |
| MOOCHES | 8 % | 7 |
| SOTS | 8 % | 4 |
| DEADBEATS | 4 % | 9 |
| SYCONS | 4 % | 6 |
| CADGERS | 4 % | 7 |
| ABSORBS | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sponges
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- poriferan
- parazoan
- leech
- grub
- cadge
- bum
- mooch
- parasite
- minion
- hexactinellid
- limpets
- blotting paper
Crossword Answer definitions
CADGES noun- A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
- To beg.
- To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
- To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
- To carry, as a burden.
- To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
- To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
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 CADGES
More clues leading to the result BUMS
- Vagabonds
- Skiers of little means
- Some bleacherites
- Mooches
- Hoboes
- Irritates, with "out"
- Panhandlers
- Idlers
- Brooklyn Dodgers, affectionately
- Depresses, with "out"
More clues leading to the result PARASITES
- Bloodsuckers
- Lice and the like
- Leeches
- Two locations?
- Spongers.
- Fleas.
- Sponges
- Spongers/rubber areas?
- The Sphinx and the Parthenon?
- Mooches
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 TOSSPOTS
- Barflies
- Devotees of John Barleycorn.
- "Old Soaks."
- Pub patrons of Shakespeare's day.
- Drunkards
- Topers
- Sots
- Hurl cookware?
- They're fried
- Sponges
More clues leading to the result MOOCHES
More clues leading to the result SOTS
- Lushes
- Drinkers who don't know when to stop
- Tipplers
- They're often wasted
- "The usual" suspects?
- Alkies
- Drunkards
- Hurricane aficionado
- Some alkies
- They're often pissed
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