The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NODES which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2015.
Bumps crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NODES | 47 % | 5 |
| JARS | 16 % | 4 |
| NODULES | 5 % | 7 |
| OUSTS | 5 % | 5 |
| NOBS | 5 % | 4 |
| JOLTS | 5 % | 5 |
| DEMOTES | 5 % | 7 |
| RAISES | 5 % | 6 |
| PREEMPTS | 5 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bumps
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- knock
- hit
- blow
- jut
- protrusion
- break
- hump
- protuberance
- bulge
- displace
- encounter
- demote
Crossword Answer definitions
NODES noun- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
- A leaf node.
- A computer or other device attached to a network.
- The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; — called also knot.
- The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
- A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
- A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
- A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
- The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
- A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
- The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NODES
- Swellings
- Network junctions
- Connecting points
- Goose eggs
- Junction points
- Anatomical knots
- Lymphatic system parts
- Intersection points
- Points of juncture
- Crossing points
More clues leading to the result JARS
- Mason and Leyden
- They may be jelly-filled
- Jelly containers
- Jam containers
- Tollhouse homes
- Knocks off balance
- Disturbs
- Grates
- Storage containers
- Apothecary's vessels
More clues leading to the result NODULES
- Small swellings
- Protuberances
- Small knots
- Bumps
- Little lumps.
- Little irregular lumps.
- Small knots.
- Plant buds.
- Little lumps
- Lumps
More clues leading to the result OUSTS
- Boots
- Kicks out
- Shows the door to
- Forces to leave
- Banishes
- Sends packing
- Gives the boot to
- Unseats
- Gives the boot
- Deposes
More clues leading to the result NOBS
- Heads, slangily
- Wealthy ones
- Wealthy people, to the Brits
- British elite
- Loaded Londoners
- Moneyed Brits
- Noggins
- British bigwigs
- His __: cribbage card
- Heads, in slang
More clues leading to the result JOLTS
- Shocks
- Defibrillator output
- Shakes up
- Knocks for a loop
- Rude awakenings
- Bumps
- Emotional shocks
- Throws for a loop
- Discomposes
- Startles
More clues leading to the result DEMOTES
- Kicks downstairs?
- Bumps down a notch
- Puts in a lower position
- Reduces in rank
- Downgrades
- Knocks down
- Strips of rank.
- Lowers in rank.
- Reduces in rank.
- Moves down a peg.
More clues leading to the result RAISES
- Brings up
- Bumps up
- Hikes in pay
- Ups
- Erects, as a barn
- Post-review rewards
- Does more than see
- Poker ploys
- Contract demands
- Rewards from the boss