The Clue
Has a real fit (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RAGES
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Notes
The answer RAGES is uncommon, appearing about once every 400 puzzles.
Related Clues
Fads
Fulminates
Fumes
Furors
Rants
Sensations
Storms
Tantrums
The "in" things
Blows a fuse
Blows a gasket
Blows up
Shows fury
Spreads unchecked
Temper tantrums
Widespread fads
Acts like Hotspur
Flies off the handle
Short-lived fashions
Shows violent anger
Shows no sign of abating
What hotheads fly into
"Though Hamlet rambles and Lear ___": Yeats
Definition
RAGE as a noun:
1. (fury, rage, madness) = a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
2. a state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer"
3. (rage, passion) = something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him"
4. violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks"
5. (fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage) = an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
RAGE as a verb:
1. (ramp, rage, storm) = behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
2. be violent; as of fires and storms
3. feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"