The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BLOATS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Puffs up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLOATS | 33 % | 6 |
| ELATES | 33 % | 6 |
| SWELLS | 13 % | 6 |
| INFLATES | 7 % | 8 |
| BILLOWS | 7 % | 7 |
| PRAISES | 7 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Puffs up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- puff up
- puffed up
- puff out
- puffed
- puffy
- puffing
- puffery
- bubble up
- inflates
- inflating
- plumping
- fluffs
Crossword Answer definitions
BLOATS 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.
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 BLOATS
- Puffs up
- Overinflates
- Swells excessively
- Swells
- Swells up
- Makes excessively large
- Swells out of proportion
- Blows up
More clues leading to the result ELATES
- Sends to cloud nine
- Makes joyful
- Overjoys
- Sends
- Makes jubilant
- Lifts up
- Makes happy
- Fills with glee
- Suffuses with joy
- Tickles pink
More clues leading to the result SWELLS
- Distends
- Balloons
- High-ranking types
- Puffs up
- Swanky folks
- Big waves
- Fashion plates: Colloq.
- Ultrafashionable people.
- Waves.
- Stylish ones: Colloq.