Threw a tantrum

The answer

RAGED

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1981. 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

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• ACTEDUP (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
• Flew off the handle - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• 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.

• Threw in - ADDED, used 76 times
• __ fit (tantrum) - HISSY, used 22 times
• Threw a party for - FETED, used 19 times
• Public tantrum - SCENE, used 10 times
• Threw down the gauntlet - DARED, used 9 times
• Threw into the mix - ADDED, used 9 times

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