Hot under the collar
The crossword clue "Hot under the collar" is answered by IRATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 65 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1935. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IRATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRATE answer page.
Used 65 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1935. It appears in 16 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.
- HETUP (7 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
- 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
- Hot - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Really angry - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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