Sees red
The crossword clue "Sees red" is answered by BOILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOILS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 3 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.
- GETSMAD (4 uses in xd)
- ETHES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BOILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOILS, most used first.
- Seethes - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets really steamed - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- More than simmers - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Red as ___ - ABEET, used 107 times
- Red dye - EOSIN, used 79 times
- Barton of the Red Cross - CLARA, used 57 times
- Seeing red - IRATE, used 41 times
- Capital on the Red River - HANOI, used 37 times
- Firefighter Red - ADAIR, used 36 times
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