Scrooge, for one
The crossword clue "Scrooge, for one" is answered by MISER, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MISER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MISER answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 8 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.
- GROUCH (1 uses in xd)
- MONEYGRUBBER (1 uses in xd)
- TIGHTWAD (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MISER
Every other clue in this collection answered by MISER, most used first.
- Penny pincher - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Skinflint - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Tightwad - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Cheapskate - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Scrooge - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Money hoarder - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Stingy one - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Cheeseparer - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Scrooge, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Pinchpenny - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Pocket protector? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Stingy person - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Stingy sort - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Frugal fellow - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Tight-fisted type - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Silas Marner, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Hoarder - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- No philanthropist - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Unlikely donor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
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