Clues for the word "HECTIC"
We've had 38 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 77 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 12, 2026.
Definition of hectic
- a. - Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.
- a. - In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient.
- n. - Hectic fever.
- n. - A hectic flush.
Referring Clues
- Chaotic
- Frenzied
- At fever pitch
- Intensely busy
- Like a zoo
- Frantic
- Excitedly disordered
- Like Christmas shopping
- Feverish
- Crazy busy
- Crazy busy
- Not just busy
- Overly rushed
- Rushed
- Tumultuous
- Crazily busy
- Awfully busy
- Filled with activity
- Confusingly busy
- Rushed or busy
- Frantically busy
- Extremely busy - fevered
- In a frenzy, check it out, with no end of work
- Full of frantic activity
- Agitated and rushed
- Very busy
- Marked by intense agitation - fevered
- Incredibly busy
- Feverish from the cold, perhaps, I caught
- Hector, briefly in charge, became frenzied
- Fever-pitched
- Very busy, confused
- Like malls on Black Friday
- Busy and then some
- More than busy
- Last-minute, often
- Fast and furious
- Overwhelmingly busy
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 12, 2025
- LA Times - August 28, 2025
- New York Times - July 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 16, 2024
- USA Today - October 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 19, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 23, 2024
- LA Times - April 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 21, 2024
- Family Time - February 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 20, 2024
- USA Today - November 03, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 15, 2023
- LA Times - May 13, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 19, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 08, 2022
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 17, 2018
- Guardian Quick - January 05, 2018
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2017
- And in 47 more crossword puzzles...