Boiling state

The answer

IRE

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

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 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.

• RAGE (2 uses in xd)
• FURY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IRE

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

• Anger - used 868 times, most recently in 2026
• Wrath - used 729 times, most recently in 2026
• Fury - used 505 times, most recently in 2026
• Rage - used 460 times, most recently in 2026
• Choler - used 218 times, most recently in 2026
• Dander - used 157 times, most recently in 2024
• Intense anger - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Hot temper - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• High dudgeon - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Indignation - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Ill temper - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Spleen - used 88 times, most recently in 2025
• Hot blood - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Outrage - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Pique - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Furious feeling - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Angry feeling - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Vexation - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Infuriation - used 43 times, most recently in 2022
• Red state - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Extreme anger - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Tick off - used 37 times, most recently in 2017
• Dudgeon - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• Steamed state - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Fuming feeling - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Great anger - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Pique condition? - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Resentment - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Boiling blood - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Angry state - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Umbrage - used 26 times, most recently in 2018
• Feeling of rage - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Hothead's emotion - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• Incense - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• Feeling of fury - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Deep anger - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Hot state - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Blood pressure raiser - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Fiery feeling - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Madness - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Bad temper - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Furious state - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Hot feeling - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Exasperation - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Steam - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Anger or fury - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Burning sensation? - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Seething state - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Embitterment - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• State of rage - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Temper - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Infuriate - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• More than vexation - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Strong emotion - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Angry emotion - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Burn up - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Burning anger - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Feeling of anger - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Furor - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• U.K. neighbor - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Vex - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Acrimony - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Blind rage - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Burning feeling - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Intense rage - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• More than displeasure - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Wrathful emotion - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Cause of an explosion - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Displeasure - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Emotion of the miffed - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Enraged feeling - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Eur. nation - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Fit-to-be-tied feeling - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Foul temper - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Furiousness - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Heated state - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pique experience - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Provoke - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Seething feeling - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Anger or wrath - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Annoyance - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Bad thing to invoke - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Bile - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Eng. neighbor - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Fighting mood - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hostility - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Hot reaction - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• It makes one hot - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• It's past displeasure - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Livid state - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Make angry - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Rage relative - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Soreness? - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Ticked-off feeling - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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