Answer to "Substitute player" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCRUB , but the solution may also be BENCHWARMER which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in LA Times).

Substitute player crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SCRUB	67 %	5
BENCHWARMER	33 %	11

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Substitute player

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

• second string
• scrub
• sub
• second-string
• subbing
• tag
• tagging
• alt
• attorney
• check
• cover
• double

Crossword Answer definitions

SCRUB noun

1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
2. One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
3. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
4. (stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
5. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
6. One not on the first team of players; a substitute.

SCRUB adjective

1. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

SCRUB noun

1. An instance of scrubbing.
2. A cancellation.
3. A worn-out brush.
4. One who scrubs.
5. (in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
6. (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
7. An exfoliant for the body.

SCRUB verb

1. To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
2. To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
3. To be diligent and penurious
4. To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
5. To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
6. (audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
7. (audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.

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 SCRUB

• Postpone the launch
• Second-stringer
• Swab
• Give a good cleaning
• Do the floors
• Clean with elbow grease
• Get ready for surgery
• Cancel, as a rocket launch
• Prepare for the O.R.
• Probable benchwarmer

More clues leading to the result BENCHWARMER

• Second-stringer
• Scrub player
• One seldom part of the game plan
• Substitute player
• *Sub in the dugout
• Second-string player
• Nonplaying athlete
• Second-string athlete
• Seldom-used substitute
• Rarely used substitute