Cause to swell
The crossword clue "Cause to swell" is answered by BLOAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BLOAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BLOAT answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BLOAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BLOAT, most used first.
- Swell up - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Puff up - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Swell - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Become swollen - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Distend - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Balloon - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Puff up, as an ego - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- "Swell!" - NEATO, used 106 times
- Lost cause - GONER, used 45 times
- Cause to chuckle - AMUSE, used 43 times
- Swell - NIFTY, used 33 times
- "___ Without a Cause" - REBEL, used 24 times
- "It's ___ cause" - ALOST, used 17 times
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