The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IRATE , but the solution may also be SORE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Hot under the collar crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IRATE | 35 % | 5 |
| SORE | 23 % | 4 |
| RILED | 9 % | 5 |
| ANGRY | 6 % | 5 |
| MAD | 5 % | 3 |
| IRKED | 3 % | 5 |
| STEAMED | 3 % | 7 |
| ANGERED | 2 % | 7 |
| HETUP | 2 % | 5 |
| STEAMEDUP | 1 % | 9 |
| ENRAGED | 1 % | 7 |
| IRED | 1 % | 4 |
| UPINARMS | 1 % | 8 |
| ANNOYED | 1 % | 7 |
| INAPET | 1 % | 6 |
| TEEDOFF | 1 % | 7 |
| UPSET | 1 % | 5 |
| ROILED | 1 % | 6 |
| AGITATED | 1 % | 8 |
| INASNIT | 1 % | 7 |
| INCENSED | 1 % | 8 |
| STEAMING | 1 % | 8 |
| BURNEDUP | 1 % | 8 |
Why may SORE be the right solution?
"SORE" is the right answer because when someone is "hot under the collar," it means they are angry or irritated, which can also be described as feeling sore or upset.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hot under the collar
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- angry
- hot and bothered
- hot-blooded
- hot-tempered
- heated
- hot-spirited
- boiling
- up in arms
- red-hot
- hot-button
- worked up
- steamed up
Crossword Answer definitions
IRATE adjective- Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
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 IRATE
- Angry
- Boiling mad
- Fuming
- Furious
- Mad as a wet hen
- Mad as heck
- Ticked off
- In a dither
- In a pique
- More than sore
More clues leading to the result SORE
- Aching
- Hot under the collar
- Saddle ____ (equestrian's woe)
- Ticked
- Ticked off
- Inflamed and painful
- Painful place
- Steamed
- Tender
- Touchy
More clues leading to the result RILED
- Stirred up
- Worked up
- Disgruntled
- Mad
- All worked up
- Incited to anger
- Bugged or vexed
- All het up
- Ticked off
- Much provoked
More clues leading to the result ANGRY
More clues leading to the result MAD
- "__ Dogs and Englishmen"
- Alfred E. Neuman's mag
- Alfred E. Neuman's magazine
- Frenzied
- Like a wet hen
- Magazine since 1952
- Ready for commitment?
- "Cracked" competitor
- "Hatter's" mental state?
- Batty
More clues leading to the result IRKED
More clues leading to the result STEAMED
- Prepared veggies
- Hot under the collar
- In high dudgeon
- Irate
- Boiling mad
- One way to serve clams
- Cooked, as tamales
- Sore
- Prepared clams, maybe
- Like the milk in cappuccino
More clues leading to the result ANGERED
- Hot under the collar
- Ticked off
- Riled
- Infuriated
- Made mad
- Apt anagram of enraged
- Made hot under the collar
- Ruffled one's feathers
- Made really mad
- Steamed up
More clues leading to the result HETUP
- Emotional
- Excited about
- In a state
- Livid
- Indignant
- Highly excited
- Highly agitated
- Highly perturbed
- Ticked off
- Irate
More clues leading to the result STEAMEDUP
- Like an angry sauna attendant?
- Really angry
- Foggy
- Furious
- Angry
- Hot
- Hot under the collar.
- Excited: Colloq.
- Irate
- Miffed
More clues leading to the result ENRAGED
- Seeing red
- Furious
- Maddened
- Really angry
- Boiling mad
- Apt anagram for "angered"
- Hot
- More than sore
- Mad
- About to explode
More clues leading to the result IRED
- Fed up with
- Seething
- Vexed
- Aroused one's wrath
- Burned up
- Plenty mad
- Riled up
- Ruffled one's feathers
- Sore
- Raised the hackles of
More clues leading to the result UPINARMS
- Ready to fight
- Livid
- Ready to rumble
- Spoiling for a fight
- Indignant
- Outraged
- Ready to retaliate
- Peeved
- Hot under the collar
- Not at all happy
More clues leading to the result ANNOYED
More clues leading to the result INAPET
More clues leading to the result TEEDOFF
- Seeing red
- Angry
- Irate
- Started on a course
- Began, in a way.
- Hot under the collar
- Ticked
- Started one of 18 holes
- Started to golf
More clues leading to the result UPSET
- Capsize
- In an agitated state
- Knock over
- 100-to-1 underdog's victory
- Out of sorts
- Unexpected victory
- Overturn
- Sports surprise
- Tip over
- Churning
More clues leading to the result ROILED
- Stirred up
- Oft-impersonated one
- Muddied the water
- Stirred up the mud
- Hot under the collar
- Stirred up, as sediment in water
- Teed off
- Muddied
- Made cloudy
- Irritated
More clues leading to the result AGITATED
- In a lather
- Stirred up
- Roused
- Worked up
- Charged up
- In a snit
- Hot under the collar
- Shaken up
- In a state
- Flustered.
More clues leading to the result INASNIT
More clues leading to the result INCENSED
- Hopping mad
- Livid
- More than miffed
- Furious
- Maddened.
- Angry.
- Irate.
- Filled with indignation.
- Hot under the collar
- Maddened
More clues leading to the result STEAMING
- Ticked off
- Getting hot under the collar
- Vaporizing.
- Hot.
- Very angry
- In a rage
- One way to serve 18-Across
- Hot under the collar
- Really mad
- Furious