The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MUMPS , but the solution may also be CHICKENPOX which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in Newsday).
Childhood malady crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MUMPS | 50 % | 5 |
| MEASLES | 25 % | 7 |
| CHICKENPOX | 25 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Childhood malady
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chickenpox
- measles
- mumps
- otitis
- croup
- rickets
- senility
- cystic fibrosis
- impetigo
- hereditary cerebellar ataxia
- pock
- progeria
Crossword Answer definitions
MUMPS noun- A grimace.
- To mumble, speak unclearly.
- To move the lips with the mouth closed; to mumble, as in sulkiness.
- To beg, especially if using a repeated phrase.
- To deprive of (something) by cheating; to impose upon.
- To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
- To be sullen or sulky.
- To nibble.
- A cube of peat.
- A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.
- A gloomy or sullen silence.
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 MUMPS
- Not-so-swell swelling
- One of the M's in the MMRV vaccine
- Illness that is a swell time?
- Malady with swelling
- Swelling malady
- Childhood disease
- Childhood ailment, typically
- Childhood malady
- Disease generally vaccinated against with measles and rubella
- Infectious disease.
More clues leading to the result MEASLES
- Childhood malady
- Spots at a pediatrician's office
- Rubeola
- Spotty condition
- Red spots
- Children's malady, often
- "Spotty" affliction
- German __
- Spotty condition?
- Illness characterized by a red rash