sponges
Definitions
Noun
- A porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- Someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
- A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
Verb
- Wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- Ask for and get free; be a parasite
- Erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- Soak up with a sponge
- Gather sponges, in the ocean
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| 1 | sausages | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | splashes | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | surmises | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | science's | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | screeches | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | stances | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | supposes | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | synapses | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | cetus's | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | circus's | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | ostriches | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | sarage's | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | sciences' | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | sconces | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | sellars's | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | service's | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | services' | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | smilgis | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | soros's | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | speakes's | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | spinfizz | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | splices | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | squeezes | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | starches | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | stearns's | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | strauss's | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | suffices | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | summers's | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | surpasses | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | sybase's | 3 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 9
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 30
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
Ask Wirecutter: How Do I Get My Husband to Throw Away Our Nasty Old Kitchen Sponges?
Jan 5, 2026 The New York Times
Jan 5, 2026 The New York Times
Long-term study shows Manchester “sponge park” is still boosting health and wellbeing five years on
May 12, 2026 The University of Manchester
May 12, 2026 The University of Manchester
New Findings Show Ancient Intermountain West was Once Covered in Sea Sponges
Nov 13, 2025 Idaho State University
Nov 13, 2025 Idaho State University