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 Boston Globe in 2015.
Swells excessively crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLOATS | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Swells excessively
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- swelling
- heave
- puffer
- sea
- swell
- swelled
- bloated
- inflate
- bombastry
- callous
- coherer
- dropsical
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.
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