Crossword-Solution: LEAKY 5 letters, 80 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

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Word Word Type Definition
Leaky superl. Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as,
a leaky roof or cask.
Leaky superl. Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close.

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We have 80 clues for the answer “LEAKY”

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Like a boat with holes 1 answer
Like old scows. 1 answer
Like a trireme in trouble 1 answer
Like a malfunctioning faucet 1 answer
Like a faulty pipe 1 answer
Like a dripping faucet 1 answer
Like a defective roof 1 answer
Like a broken pipe 1 answer
Like a broken faucet, maybe 1 answer
Like a boat with holes in it 1 answer
Like old tubs 1 answer
Like a boat in big trouble 1 answer
Like a bad roof 1 answer
Like a bad faucet 1 answer
Like a bad Roof Car variety 1 answer
Letting on water 1 answer
Less than seaworthy 1 answer
In need of sealing 1 answer
In need of patching, say 1 answer
In need of caulking, as a boat 1 answer
Needing plugging 1 answer
Unseaworthy 1 answer
Unsafe, as a boat 1 answer
Unable to keep a secret? 1 answer
Porous, perhaps 1 answer
Not waterproof 1 answer
Not seaworthy, in a way 1 answer
Not able to keep a secret: Colloq. 1 answer
Not Watertight Make 1 answer
Needing sealant 1 answer
In need of fixing, roofwise 1 answer
Needing patches or shingles. 1 answer
Needing a plumber to seal up 1 answer
Needing a caulking 1 answer
Losing water by the minute 1 answer
Like some old roofs 1 answer
Like some old boats 1 answer
Like some faucets 1 answer
Like rusty pipes, perhaps 1 answer
In need of caulking 1 answer
Allowing an escape, in a way 1 answer
Allowing escape, in a way 1 answer
Apt to disclose secrets: Colloq. 1 answer
Bad adjective for a boat 1 answer
Dangerous afloat. 1 answer
Divulging secrets 1 answer
Dripping when off, as a faucet 1 answer
Dripping, maybe 1 answer
Exuding water. 1 answer
Faulty, as a faucet 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETEAR
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greedy person
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Sentences with LEAKY (5)

But if your superior culture gets leaky again—” He did not complete the sentence, but he twirled his gleaming axe so carelessly that the Woggle-Bug looked frightened, and shrank away to a safe distance.
The Marvellous Land of Oz L. Frank Baum 1993
Injun Joe was believed to have killed five citizens of the village, but what of that? If he had been Satan himself there would have been plenty of weaklings ready to scribble their names to a pardon-petition, and drip a tear on it from their permanently impaired and leaky water-works.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993
Him and his horse both went home pretty leaky and crippled, but the Grangerfords had to be _fetched_ home—and one of ’em was dead, and another died the next day.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1993
With the dew-drops of Draupnir the golden Full dearly folk buy them their blessings; Then lay down three ounces and leave them For the leaky old boat that we borrowed.” Bersi got hastily to horse, and rode homewards; and when Cormac saw that he must be left behind, he made this song:-- (24) “I tell you, the goddess who glitters With gold on the perch of the falcon, The bride that I trusted, by beauty, From the bield of my hand has been taken.
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald Unknown 2008
She was a leaky tub, but what then? Was I, who had cast many a wistful, doubtful glance at my opium bottle, to begin now to weigh chances and to cavil at danger.
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales Arthur Conan Doyle 2008

Quotes with LEAKY (3)

When I was a child, all problems had ended with a single word from my father. A smile from him was sunshine, his scowl a bolt of thunder. He was smart, and generous, and honorable without fail. He could exile a trespasser, check my math homework, and fix the leaky bathroom sink, all before dinner. For the longest time, I thought he was invincible. Above the petty problems that plagued normal people. And now he was gone.
Rachel Vincent Alpha
When you write your first novel you don't really know what you're doing. There may be writers out there who are brilliant, incisive and in control from their first 'Once upon a time'. I'm not one of them. Every once upon a time for me is another experience of white-water rafting in a leaky inner tube. And I have this theory that while the Story Council has its faults, it does have some idea that if books are going to get written, authors have to be able to write them.
Robin McKinley
As the station wagon pulled back onto the highway, the sun was slowly sinking below the horizon like a leaky boat. Well, except for that fact that boats are not generally round, orange and on fire. Hmm. Come to think of it, in no way whatsoever did the sun, in this instance, resemble a leaky boat. My apologies. That was a dreadful attempt at simile. Please allow me to try again. As the station wagon pulled back onto the highway, the sun was slowly sinking below the horizon li…
Cuthbert Soup A Whole Nother Story
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Used 87 times in crossword archives (1942–2024).