Swell
The crossword clue "Swell" is answered by BULGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. 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
BULGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BULGE answer page.
Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. 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 BULGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BULGE, most used first.
- Stick out - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Protrude - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Protrusion - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Battle of the ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Jut out - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Protuberance - used 6 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.
- "Swell!" - NEATO, used 106 times
- Swell - NIFTY, used 33 times
- Swell up - BLOAT, used 31 times
- Swell - BLOAT, used 27 times
- Cause to swell - BLOAT, used 15 times
- Swell place? - OCEAN, used 11 times
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