The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word HIT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Best-seller crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HIT | 68 % | 3 |
| HOTITEM | 16 % | 7 |
| GAMESPEOPLEPLAY | 5 % | 15 |
| AGIFTOFPROPHECY | 5 % | 15 |
| BIBLE | 5 % | 5 |
Why may HIT be the right solution?
The answer to "Best seller" is "HIT" because a best seller refers to a popular and successful book, movie, or album, which can be described as a "hit."
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Crossword Answer definitions
HIT noun- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
- A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- (heading, physical) To strike.
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To switch on.
- To briefly visit.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- (heading) To attain, to achieve.
- To affect negatively.
- To attack.
- (heading, games) To make a play.
- To use; to connect to.
- To have sex with.
- To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- Very successful.
- It.
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 HIT
- Chart-topper
- Like "Titanic"
- Sensation
- Top ten record
- Box office smash
- Successful play
- Bat
- Box office smash, e.g.
- Double or triple
- Smash
More clues leading to the result HOTITEM
- Lit barbecue
- Seller like pancakes
- It doesn't stay on shelves
- Tabloid twosome
- Celebrity couple, often
- Product that moves fast
- Something everyone wants
- Briskly selling product
- Brisk seller
- Best-seller
More clues leading to the result GAMESPEOPLEPLAY
- Theme of this puzzle
- 1969 Joe South hit, and hint to puzzle theme found in last words of 18- and 55-Across and 3- and 27-Down
- Best seller.
- Five Hundred, Twenty-one, and such.
- Guide to behaviorism, à la mode.
- Best seller in 1964
- Berne book: 1964
- 1964 Berne best seller (and a hint to seven other answers in this puzzle)
- Eric Berne bestseller
- Eric Bernes 1964 bestseller