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 (2021 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 | 36 % | 5 |
| SORE | 22 % | 4 |
| RILED | 9 % | 5 |
| ANGRY | 6 % | 5 |
| MAD | 5 % | 3 |
| IRKED | 3 % | 5 |
| STEAMED | 3 % | 7 |
| HETUP | 2 % | 5 |
| ANGERED | 2 % | 7 |
| IRED | 1 % | 4 |
| STEAMEDUP | 1 % | 9 |
| ENRAGED | 1 % | 7 |
| BURNEDUP | 1 % | 8 |
| ANNOYED | 1 % | 7 |
| UPINARMS | 1 % | 8 |
| UPSET | 1 % | 5 |
| INAPET | 1 % | 6 |
| TEEDOFF | 1 % | 7 |
| ROILED | 1 % | 6 |
| AGITATED | 1 % | 8 |
| INASNIT | 1 % | 7 |
| INCENSED | 1 % | 8 |
| STEAMING | 1 % | 8 |
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 HETUP
- Emotional
- Excited about
- In a state
- Livid
- Indignant
- Highly excited
- Highly agitated
- Highly perturbed
- Ticked off
- Irate
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 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 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 BURNEDUP
More clues leading to the result ANNOYED
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 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 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 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