The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BLOATED , but the solution may also be TURGID which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in New York Times).
Distended crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLOATED | 25 % | 7 |
| PUFFY | 25 % | 5 |
| SWOLLEN | 25 % | 7 |
| TURGID | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Distended
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tumescent
- swollen
- bloated
- tumid
- puffed
- puffy
- unhealthy
- expanded
- dilated
- distensible
- distension
- engorged
Crossword Answer definitions
BLOATED verb- 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.
- Swollen with fluid or gas.
- Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.
- (of software) Excessively overloaded with features, known as bloatware.
- (of food) Slightly salted and lightly smoked (as in bloated herring).
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 BLOATED
- Overstuffed
- Much bigger than desired, as a bureaucracy
- Gourmandizer, usually
- Swollen
- Made turgid.
- Puffed up.
- Distended
- Paunchy
- In a swell situation?
- Like a stomach after an all-you-can-eat buffet
More clues leading to the result PUFFY
- Like cumulus clouds
- Like an infamous "Seinfeld" shirt
- Like crying eyes
- Swollen
- Like a cumulus cloud
- Short-winded.
- Bloated
- Distended
- Like some clouds
- Like popovers
More clues leading to the result SWOLLEN
- Big and red, say
- All puffed up
- Like a balloon
- In need of an ice pack
- Like creeks after a downpour
- Puffed up
- Distended
- Full of fluid
- Puffed up, as a sprain
- Overextended, in a way