Lazy fellow

The answer

BUM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUM answer page.

Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• IDLER (5 uses in xd)
• DRONE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for BUM

Every other clue in this collection answered by BUM, most used first.

• Vagrant - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Ne'er-do-well - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Cadge - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Hobo - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Mooch - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Mooch, as a cigarette - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Loafer - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Mooch, as a smoke - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• No-goodnik - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Borrow, as a cigarette - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Depress, with "out" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Mooch, as a ride - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Vagabond - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Young fellow - LAD, used 343 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
• Fellow - MAN, used 127 times
• "__ Lazy River" - UPA, used 113 times
• Dapper fellow - DAN, used 70 times
• That fellow - HIM, used 69 times

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