Like a wet hen

The answer

MAD

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

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 5 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.

• FIGHTINGMAD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for MAD

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

• Angry - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Fuming - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Irate - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Furious - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• "Spy vs. Spy" magazine - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Frenzied - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Ticked off - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Alfred E. Neuman's magazine - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Insane - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Seething - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Crazy - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Hot under the collar - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Steamed - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Seeing red - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Enraged - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Bonkers - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Fit to be tied - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Incensed - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Sore - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Infuriated - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Steaming - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "What, me worry?" magazine - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Hilarious. - used 11 times, most recently in 1965
• Like Wonderland's hatter - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Livid - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ About You" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Demented - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Deranged - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Really angry - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Satire magazine - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Crazed - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Frantic - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Outraged - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Very angry - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Beside oneself - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Loony - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• "___ Max: Fury Road" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Boiling - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• ___ Hatter - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Hopping ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• In a lather - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Like a March hare - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Like King George III - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Like some scientists - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ Men" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Nuts or crackers - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Unhinged - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Wildly gay. - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
• Cuckoo - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Kind of money - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Non compos mentis - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Ticked - used 6 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.

• Like - ALA, used 149 times
• Like a fox - SLY, used 73 times
• Like Abner - LIL, used 73 times
• Tell it like it isn't - LIE, used 66 times
• Wet dirt - MUD, used 66 times
• Like sashimi - RAW, used 64 times

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