The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EDEMA , but the solution may also be BULGE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Swelling crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EDEMA | 80 % | 5 |
| NODE | 9 % | 4 |
| BULGE | 4 % | 5 |
| CYST | 2 % | 4 |
| TUMOR | 2 % | 5 |
| TUMESCENT | 2 % | 9 |
| DISTENSION | 2 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Swelling
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- intumescence
- puffiness
- lump
- injured
- intumescency
- bulging
- bulge
- puff
- hump
- node
- blowing
- inflammatory
Crossword Answer definitions
EDEMA noun- An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
- A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.
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 EDEMA
- Swelling
- Tomato trouble
- Dropsy
- Plant swelling
- Woe to a plant
- Swell thing for a plant?
- Botanical swelling
- Stem swelling
- Root rot
- Floral swelling
More clues leading to the result NODE
- Bump on a log
- Connector
- Protuberance
- Terminal on a network
- Connecting point
- Swelling
- Bump
- Computer network site
- Graph point
- Bump on a log?
More clues leading to the result BULGE
- Battle of the ___
- Pregnancy tipoff
- Protrusion
- Protrude
- World War II's Battle of the ___
- Stick out
- Lump
- Battle of the -
- Swell
- "Battle of the __"
More clues leading to the result CYST
- Capsule-like sac
- Dermatology concern
- Excrescence
- Dermatologist's concern
- Abnormal sac
- Dermatologist's removal
- Tissue sac
- Dermatological concern
- Dermatologist's concern, perhaps
- Saclike growth
More clues leading to the result TUMOR
- Surgeon's target
- Swelling
- Protuberance
- Chemo target
- Surgeon's target, perhaps
- Abnormal growth
- Surgeon's target, sometimes
- Target for a surgeon
- Abnormal cell growth