Boiling
The crossword clue "Boiling" is answered by IRATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IRATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRATE answer page.
Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 8 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.
- ASTEAM (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for IRATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by IRATE, most used first.
- Furious - used 213 times, most recently in 2026
- Angry - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Hopping mad - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Fuming - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Fit to be tied - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Incensed - used 87 times, most recently in 2025
- Steamed - used 76 times, most recently in 2025
- Hot under the collar - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Very angry - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Ticked off - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
- Enraged - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Seething - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Steaming - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Seeing red - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Up in arms - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
- Wrathful - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
- Livid - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Choleric. - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Extremely angry - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Steaming mad - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Really steamed - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Teed off - used 24 times, most recently in 2012
- About to explode - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- All worked up - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- Hot - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Really angry - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Boiling mad - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Really mad - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Beside oneself - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- More than miffed - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Infuriated - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to explode - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
- Beyond mad - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Foaming at the mouth - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Mad - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
- Mad as a wet hen - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Plenty sore - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Steamed up - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- About to blow - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
- In high dudgeon - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Mad as hell - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- More than annoyed - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- More than sore - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Ticked - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Wroth - used 12 times, most recently in 1995
- At pique's peak - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- More than mad - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Heated - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Mad as heck - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Burned up - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
- In a huff - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Provoked - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Raging - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- So mad - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Sore - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Super mad - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- In a rage - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Ready to blow - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Really ticked off - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Very mad - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Vexed - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Breathing fire - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Feeling furious - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- In a dither - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Peeved - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Really ticked - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Very sore - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Angered - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Bent out of shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Cross - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Mighty mad - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Outraged - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Pissed - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Storming - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Heat to near boiling - SCALD, used 10 times
- Bring close to boiling - SCALD, used 7 times
- Boiling - ANGRY, used 6 times
- Boiling point? - STOVE, used 6 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.