The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLOAT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Distend crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLOAT | 75 % | 5 |
| SILL | 8 % | 4 |
| GROW | 8 % | 4 |
| INFLATE | 8 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Distend
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- swell
- swell up
- dilate
- expand
- constrict
- distensible
- deform
- protrude
- perforate
- engorge
- foreshorten
- palpitate
Crossword Answer definitions
BLOAT noun- Distention of the abdomen from death.
- Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
- Wasteful use of space or other resources.
- A worthless, dissipated fellow.
- To cause to become distended.
- (veterinary medicine) to get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
- To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
- To become distended; to swell up.
- To fill with vanity or conceit.
- To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
- Bloated.
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 BLOAT
- Inflate
- Swell
- Swell up
- Reason for downsizing
- Get swollen
- Fill to capacity
- Puff up
- Cause to swell
- Balloon
- Become swollen
More clues leading to the result SILL
- Window-frame part
- Flower-pot spot, maybe
- Place for a cooling pie
- Window ledge
- Pie-cooling place
- Place for a plant
- It's been framed
- Horizontal foundation
- Threshold
- Ledge