The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ESTRUS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2018.
Heat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ESTRUS | 14 % | 6 |
| ARDOR | 14 % | 5 |
| IRE | 10 % | 3 |
| CALOR | 10 % | 5 |
| PRELIM | 7 % | 6 |
| FEVER | 7 % | 5 |
| ANGER | 3 % | 5 |
| QUALIFYINGRACE | 3 % | 14 |
| HABANEROFEATURE | 3 % | 15 |
| FERVOR | 3 % | 6 |
| RACE | 3 % | 4 |
| MIAMIHOOPSTERS | 3 % | 14 |
| ZEAL | 3 % | 4 |
| HANDGUNS | 3 % | 8 |
| PRELIMINARY | 3 % | 11 |
| CALORIC | 3 % | 7 |
| INTENSEPRESSURE | 3 % | 15 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Heat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ignite
- heat up
- hot up
- inflame
- fire up
- hotness
- warmth
- stir up
- rut
- estrus
- passion
- oestrus
Crossword Answer definitions
ESTRUS noun- A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
- A bite or sting.
- A passion or frenzy.
- A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ESTRUS
More clues leading to the result ARDOR
- Intense devotion
- Intense feeling
- Strong devotion
- Zeal
- Passion
- Rapture
- Hotness
- Intense passion
- Intensity
- Fervid feeling
More clues leading to the result IRE
More clues leading to the result CALOR
- Heat, to Cicero
- Heat, in San José
- "Hace ___" ("It's hot," in Spanish)
- Heat, to Geraldo
- Heat.
- Heat: Med.
- Heat: Latin.
- Heat: Lat.
- Heat: Sp.
- Heat, in Honduras
More clues leading to the result PRELIM
- Main-event preceder
- Four-rounder, maybe
- Before the main event, for short
- Contest before the main contest
- Qualifying contest, for short
- Early-round exam
- Earlier contest
- Early race or round
- Early round
- Qualifying match
More clues leading to the result FEVER
- Something bad to run
- Flu symptom
- Short-lived craze
- Classic 1958 Peggy Lee hit
- Peggy Lee jazz standard
- High temperature
- Kind of pitch
- Word with cabin or jungle
- Frenzy
- Mania
More clues leading to the result ANGER
- Fit of temper
- Rage
- Breathe fire into
- Indignation
- Conniption cause
- Get one's dander up
- Provoke
- Tee off
- Possibly racist Depp movie Part II
- Fury
More clues leading to the result QUALIFYINGRACE
More clues leading to the result HABANEROFEATURE
More clues leading to the result FERVOR
More clues leading to the result RACE
- 440 or marathon
- Daytona event
- Indy, for one
- Marathon
- Meet event
- It may be three-legged
- Mile or 10K
- Compete
- Compete with Unser
- Indy 500
More clues leading to the result MIAMIHOOPSTERS
More clues leading to the result ZEAL
- Fanaticism
- Fervor
- Passion
- Ardor
- Devotion, and then some
- Enthusiasm
- Evangelism
- Gung-ho feeling
- Pep
- What-it-takes
More clues leading to the result HANDGUNS
More clues leading to the result PRELIMINARY
More clues leading to the result CALORIC
- Decadent, as a dessert
- Of heat
- Heat-driven
- Heat-related
- Not for dieters
- Like most cheeseburgers
- Pertaining to heat
- Pertaining to heat.
- Of heat.
- Heat