Flew off the handle

The answer

RAGED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAGED answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1996. 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.

• LOSTIT (3 uses in xd)
• GOTANGRY (2 uses in xd)
• BLEWAFUSE (1 uses in xd)
• ERUPTED (1 uses in xd)
• GOTSORE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RAGED

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

• Stormed - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
• Was furious - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Blew a gasket - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Went ballistic - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Threw a fit - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Hit the ceiling - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Had a tantrum - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Carried on - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Threw a tantrum - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Spread unchecked - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Spread like wildfire - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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
• Gives off - EMITS, used 178 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times

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