Soak up like a sponge
The crossword clue "Soak up like a sponge" is answered by ABSORB, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ABSORB
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABSORB answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABSORB
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABSORB, most used first.
- Soak up - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Take in - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Engross - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Sop up - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Assimilate - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Sponge up - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Act like a sponge - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Suck up - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Like better - PREFER, used 56 times
- Like - AKINTO, used 44 times
- Soak - DRENCH, used 37 times
- Like some garages - ONECAR, used 36 times
- Stick like glue - ADHERE, used 33 times
- Like some patches - IRONON, used 31 times
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