Hot under the collar

The answer

ANGRY

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANGRY answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• IRATE (65 uses in xd)
• SORE (36 uses in xd)
• MAD (29 uses in xd)
• RILED (15 uses in xd)
• HETUP (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for ANGRY

Every other clue in this collection answered by ANGRY, most used first.

• Irate - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Furious - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Fuming - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Steamed - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Ticked off - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Fit to be tied - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Hopping mad - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Seeing red - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Incensed - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Mad - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Outraged - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• __ Birds - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Boiling - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Teed off - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
• Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times

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