On a winning streak

The answer

HOT

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

Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 10 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.

• REDHOT (3 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
• Fresh from the oven - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• Trendy - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• In great demand - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Weather forecast - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Flying off the shelves - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Blazing - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Boiling - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Selling very well - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Steamy - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Trending - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Extremely popular - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Fiery - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Just out of the oven - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Currently popular - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• "Some Like It ___" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Steaming - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Excitable. - used 8 times, most recently in 1968
• In vogue - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Very spicy - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• How some like it - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Weather word. - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Billboard ___ 100 - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Feverish - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• High on the Scoville scale - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Much in demand - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• On a streak - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• On everyone's A-list - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Recently stolen - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Was winning - LED, used 32 times
• Winning tic-tac-toe line - OOO, used 31 times
• -- roll (winning) - ONA, used 20 times
• Winning streak - RUN, used 19 times
• Emmy-winning Arthur - BEA, used 14 times
• Emmy-winning CBS forensic series - CSI, used 14 times

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