The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMASH , but the solution may also be TRIPLE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Big hit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMASH | 51 % | 5 |
| HOMER | 15 % | 5 |
| HOMERUN | 9 % | 7 |
| TRIPLE | 9 % | 6 |
| SWAT | 3 % | 4 |
| BODYBLOW | 2 % | 8 |
| WALLOP | 2 % | 6 |
| SOCKEROO | 2 % | 8 |
| BASH | 2 % | 4 |
| BESTSELLER | 2 % | 10 |
| NUMBERONE | 2 % | 9 |
| SENSATION | 2 % | 9 |
| POW | 2 % | 3 |
Why may TRIPLE be the right solution?
"Big hit" is a phrase commonly used in baseball to describe a hit that allows the batter to reach third base. A hit that allows the batter to reach first base is a single, second base is a double, and home plate is a home run. Therefore, the answer "TRIPLE" fits the clue "Big hit."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Big hit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- blockbuster
- smash hit
- smash
- homer
- swat
- arrive
- bash
- blow
- slug
- sensation
- triple
- lana
Crossword Answer definitions
SMASH noun- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- A traffic collision.
- Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc); a hit.
- A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A bankruptcy.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- To break (something brittle) violently.
- To be destroyed by being smashed.
- To hit extremely hard.
- To ruin completely and suddenly.
- To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success.
- To deform through continuous pressure.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
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 SMASH
- Broadway hit
- Hard shot from Sampras
- Type of hit
- Crush
- Flop's opposite
- Big hit
- Huge success
- Big money maker
- Big moneymaker
- Blockbuster
More clues leading to the result HOMER
- Semi-legendary Greek poet
- Baseball player's goal
- Fourbagger
- Odyssey author
- Local team supporter
- Boston-born painter
- Even he nods
- Ancient raconteur
- Author of two epics
- Over-the-Monster shot
More clues leading to the result HOMERUN
- Green Monster clearer
- Diamond highlight
- Stadium crowd-pleaser
- Big hit
- One of Babe Ruth's 714
- Long belt
- Jeter's 3,000th hit, e.g.
- Dramatic game winner
- One going over the wall
- It may be inside the park
More clues leading to the result TRIPLE
- Baseball rarity
- Big hit
- Exciting hit
- 9 to 3, e.g.
- Almost make it home
- Not quite a homer
- Rarest baseball hit
- Three-bagger
- Word with play or threat
- With 5-Down, an orange-flavored liqueur
More clues leading to the result SWAT
- "The Sultan of __" (Ruth)
- Kind of team
- Deal a sharp blow
- Hostage-situation team
- Police team
- LAPD unit
- "The Sultan of __"
- Go for a fly
- Police emergency squad
- Wallop
More clues leading to the result BODYBLOW
More clues leading to the result WALLOP
- Deliver a haymaker
- Sock
- Sock or belt
- Paste, in a way
- Belt
- Paste in the ring
- Hard hit
- Hit, and how!
- Big bop
- Really slug
More clues leading to the result SOCKEROO
More clues leading to the result BASH
- Big, exuberant party
- Wild party
- Wing-ding
- Forceful blow
- Big party
- Blowout
- Shindig
- Catered event
- Kegger
- Rager, e.g.
More clues leading to the result BESTSELLER
- Salesperson of-the-month?
- "Jurassic Park," for example
- Chart-topper
- Type of New York Times list
- "The Da Vinci Code," for one
- Big hit
- Hot item
- Popular book
- Commercial success
- Five-star auctioneer?
More clues leading to the result NUMBERONE
- Valentine, or each song in this puzzle
- Top of the charts
- Words needed to complete four puzzle answers
- Top-ranked
- The self, very often.
- Most people look out for it
- Big hit
- Tops
- Beetles and Golfs, briefly
- "We're ___!"
More clues leading to the result SENSATION
- Thrill
- Surprise hit
- Tickle or tingle
- Hit
- Big hit
- Huge success
- A figurative bombshell.
- Feeling.
- Big splash
- What 1969's Apollo 11 mission caused