Puff up, as an ego
The crossword clue "Puff up, as an ego" is answered by BLOAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BLOAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BLOAT answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Cause to swell - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Balloon - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- ___ ego - ALTER, used 21 times
- Puff up - ELATE, used 20 times
- Puff up - SWELL, used 14 times
- Kind of ego - ALTER, used 13 times
- Puff ___ - ADDER, used 10 times
- Puff ___ (snake) - ADDER, used 9 times
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