The hots
The crossword clue "The hots" is answered by LUST, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LUST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LUST answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LUST
Every other clue in this collection answered by LUST, most used first.
- A deadly sin - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Craving - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- One of the deadly sins - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Strong desire - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Intense craving - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Deadly sin - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ for life - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- One of the seven deadly sins - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Intense desire - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Passionate desire - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Concupiscence - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Lascivious desire - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Satyric sin - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Strong craving - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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