Fresh from the oven

The answer

HOT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOT answer page.

Used 25 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 9 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.

• PIPINGHOT (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for HOT

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

• All the rage - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Spicy - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Stolen - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• On a roll - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
• Sizzling - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Very popular - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Sweltering - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Peppery - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Sexy - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• In - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
• Scorching - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Torrid - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• In demand - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Popular - used 22 times, most recently in 2026

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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 past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• From ___ Z - ATO, used 460 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times

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