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 Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Swells up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLOATS | 69 % | 6 |
| PUFFS | 15 % | 5 |
| BULKS | 8 % | 5 |
| BALLOONS | 8 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Swells up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bulges
- expands
- inflates
- puffer
- heave
- swell
- belly
- enlarges
- swelled
- swelling
- wave
- intumesce
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 PUFFS
- Exhalations
- Blows smoke rings
- Cream-filled pastries
- Expands, as the chest (with "out")
- Smoke signals
- Swells (up)
- Little bursts, as of smoke
- Light, filled pastries
- Goes like the wind
- Powder holders
More clues leading to the result BULKS
- Adds muscle mass, with "up"
- Large quantities.
- Looms large.
- Masses.
- Looms
- Swells (up)
- Gains muscle, with "up"