Clues for the word "CHUM"
We've had 68 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 258 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 06, 2025.
Definition of chum
- n. - A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.
- v. i. - To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college.
- n. - Chopped pieces of fish used as bait.
Referring Clues
- Intimate
- Cohort
- Buddy
- Bud
- Fish scraps
- Ground-up bait
- Ground bait for fish
- Good buddy
- Fish bait
- Pal
- Crony
- Confidant
- Bosom buddy
- Shark bait
- Old pal
- Friend
- Cut bait
- Sidekick
- Chopped-up bait
- Fisherman's lure
- Pal or fisherman's lure
- Fish bait, sometimes
- Some fish bait
- One to hang with
- Bro
- Good friend
- Ground bait
- Friendly Salmon?
- Close associate
- Buddyroo
- One of the gang
- Fish bait or pal
- Bait thrown overboard
- Kind of salmon
- Friend in the highest place in the answer at 26-Down
- Buddy or Pacific salmon
- Hang-out buddy
- Friendly ground-up bait?
- Playmate
- Associate closely
- Old buddy
- Close friend
- A friend much altered
- Good pal
- Bandmate, perhaps
- A bit of a chump, but you like him
- A mate to make much of
- China's much maligned
- A much muddled mate
- Buddy and Charlie don't know the words?
- Companion? Not quite sure
- A friend one may make much of
- Fool almost, but a friend
- A friend much wronged?
- Salmon type
- Close one
- Friend found in 26-Across
- Friend beginning to conceal unpleasant smell
- Person close to you
- Shark attractant
- Friend immersed in public humiliation
- Amigo
- Fishing bait
- Cause of a feeding frenzy
- Someone to make much of?
- Pal you might take fishing?
- Another 8-Down
- Fish used to fish for other fish
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 06, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 10, 2025
- LA Times - September 21, 2025
- Daily American - August 25, 2025
- Daily American - July 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 07, 2025
- LA Times - June 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 27, 2025
- New York Times - February 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 09, 2025
- USA Today - February 07, 2025
- Daily American - January 29, 2025
- Daily American - January 22, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 17, 2025
- USA Today - January 08, 2025
- LA Times - January 03, 2025
- New York Times - December 25, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 21, 2024
- New York Times - November 20, 2024
- Daily American - November 16, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 13, 2024
- USA Today - October 30, 2024
- New York Times - October 30, 2024
- Daily American - August 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 15, 2024
- New York Times - July 02, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 25, 2024
- Daily American - June 22, 2024
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