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 LA Times in 2023.
Puff up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLOAT | 45 % | 5 |
| ELATE | 34 % | 5 |
| SWELL | 9 % | 5 |
| RISE | 4 % | 4 |
| BALLOON | 4 % | 7 |
| OVERRATE | 2 % | 8 |
| INFLATE | 2 % | 7 |
| EXALT | 2 % | 5 |
Why may BLOAT be the right solution?
The clue "Puff up" is a synonym for "bloat," which means to become swollen or distended.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Puff up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- puff out
- swell
- puff
- blow up
- turgent
- pompous
- toplofty
- turgesce
- swellhead
- inflate
- thrasonical
- rodomont
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 ELATE
- Bring to joy
- Gladden
- Inspirit
- Make rhapsodic
- Overjoy
- Put on cloud nine
- Raise spirits
- Thrill to death
- Delight
- Make happy
More clues leading to the result SWELL
More clues leading to the result RISE
- "___ and shine!"
- Anticipate the anthem
- Greet the judge
- Levitate
- Lose a lap
- Prepare to shine?
- Shaving-cream name
- Ascend
- Emulate the sun
- First name in sopranos
More clues leading to the result BALLOON
- Party popper
- Blow up
- Party decoration
- Puff up
- Auguste's Piccard's vehicle.
- Vocal part of a comic strip.
- Sausage ___.
- Trial ___.
- Child's toy.
- Circus purchase
More clues leading to the result OVERRATE
- Value too highly
- Hype up
- Appraise too highly
- Make too much of
- Put too much stock in
- Think too much of
- Have too high an opinion of.
- Estimate too highly.
- Put too high a value on.
- Assess too highly.
More clues leading to the result INFLATE
- Make swell
- Exaggerate
- Prepare an air mattress
- Blow up
- Blow up.
- Expand.
- Puff up.
- Distend
- Expand, in a way
- Make bigger