Be hopping mad
The crossword clue "Be hopping mad" is answered by BOIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOIL answer page.
Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BOIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOIL, most used first.
- Seethe - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- More than simmer - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring to 212 degrees - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Prepare, as water for tea - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Start bubbling, perhaps - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- See red - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Bubble up - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Swelter - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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