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Answer for the clue "Created a bruise ", 8 letters:
contused

Word definitions for contused in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. injured without breaking the skin; "a cut forehead and bruised cheek" [syn: bruised , contusioned ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
contused \contused\ contusioned \contusioned\adj. injured without breaking the skin; as, a cut arm and contused cheek. Syn: bruised.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: contuse )

Usage examples of contused.

She pulled aside the long gown and revealed wounds so ugly and vividly contused that several people recoiled.

One rescued girl had a broken leg, and a boy was concussed, his face badly contused, and a long wound giving his hair a new parting.

One rescued girl had a broken leg and the boy was concussed, his face badly contused and a long wound giving his hair a new parting.

What she could see of his face was contused and distorted, but enough like the fots she'd examined to leave little question about who he was.