Fits of anger
The crossword clue "Fits of anger" is answered by RAGES, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RAGES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAGES answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 7 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.
- MADS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RAGES
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAGES, most used first.
- Storms - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
- Is furious - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Fads - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- Goes ballistic - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Blows a gasket - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Flies off the handle - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Tantrums - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
- Rants and raves - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Blows violently, as a storm - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Anger - WRATH, used 33 times
- "___ shoe fits ..." - IFTHE, used 17 times
- Feverish fits - AGUES, used 13 times
- Fits snugly - NESTS, used 12 times
- Intense anger - WRATH, used 11 times
- Vindictive anger - WRATH, used 9 times
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