The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TURGID which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2012.
Distended crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TURGID | 25 % | 6 |
| BLOATED | 25 % | 7 |
| PUFFY | 25 % | 5 |
| SWOLLEN | 25 % | 7 |
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
TURGID adjective- Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
- (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
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 TURGID
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