The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMOTE , but the solution may also be STRUCK which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Hit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMOTE | 17 % | 5 |
| SWAT | 13 % | 4 |
| SMITE | 10 % | 5 |
| STRUCK | 9 % | 6 |
| SLAP | 7 % | 4 |
| SUCCESS | 3 % | 7 |
| RAP | 3 % | 3 |
| BAT | 2 % | 3 |
| BANGED | 2 % | 6 |
| SENSATION | 2 % | 9 |
| ICED | 2 % | 4 |
| SOCKED | 2 % | 6 |
| POP | 1 % | 3 |
| PELT | 1 % | 4 |
| STRIKE | 1 % | 6 |
| KILL | 1 % | 4 |
| SMIT | 1 % | 4 |
| TAKEAPOKEAT | 1 % | 11 |
| BOP | 1 % | 3 |
| STRICKEN | 1 % | 8 |
| SOCK | 1 % | 4 |
| BEAT | 1 % | 4 |
| BASH | 1 % | 4 |
| ATTAIN | 1 % | 6 |
| BIFF | 1 % | 4 |
| CLOCKED | 1 % | 7 |
| SMACKED | 1 % | 7 |
| SMASH | 1 % | 5 |
| TOKE | 1 % | 4 |
| BROADWAYSUCCESS | 1 % | 15 |
| SMAC | 1 % | 4 |
| POUND | 1 % | 5 |
| CONK | 1 % | 4 |
| BOPPED | 1 % | 6 |
| SLUGGED | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- smash
- bang
- striking
- bump
- collision
- run into
- dispatch
- bump off
- slay
- stumble
- murder
- come to
Crossword Answer definitions
SMOTE verb- To hit, to strike.
- To strike down or kill with godly force.
- To injure with divine power.
- To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
- To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
- (now only in passive) To strike with love or infatuation.
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 SMOTE
- Did in
- Plague
- Struck down
- Dealt a heavy blow
- Belted, back in the day
- Pummelled, Biblically
- Clobbered
- Clobbered, biblically
- Hit
- Archaically bonked
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 SMITE
- Put a hurt on
- Strike down
- Strike like St. George
- Bible belt?
- Afflict
- Hit, Biblically
- Belt, biblically
- Clobber, quaintly
- Clobber
- Hit
More clues leading to the result STRUCK
- Affected
- Hit
- Went on the offensive
- Found in abundance, as oil
- Occurred to
- Dealt a blow
- Sounded, as an hour
- Stopped working
- Came down hard
- Failed at the plate, with "out"
More clues leading to the result SLAP
- Duel invitation, perhaps
- High-five sound
- Hockey shot
- Insult
- Pincher's punishment, often
- Rebuff
- Sharp insult
- "Fresh!" follow-up
- Fresh response
- Kind of shot
More clues leading to the result SUCCESS
- Work + play + keeping your mouth shut, according to Einstein
- The good life
- Triumph
- Fame
- Hit
- Considerable achievement
- Victory
- "A lousy teacher," per Bill Gates
- Triumphant result
- Symbolic lake.
More clues leading to the result RAP
- Criminal charge
- Pop music style
- Snoop Doggy Dogg's music
- Certain mod music
- Gangsta __
- Hammer's genre
- Kind of sheet or session
- Knock
- Music genre
- Chat with Hammer
More clues leading to the result BAT
- Be up
- Flying mammal
- Night flier
- Nocturnal flying mammal
- Fenway Park club?
- Fledermaus
- Red Sox article
- Slugger's best agent?
- Carlsbad Caverns dweller
- Animal symbol that strikes fear into some fictional criminals (a superstitious, cowardly lot)
More clues leading to the result BANGED
- Damaged, with "up"
- Joined the drum circle
- Slammed
- Pounded, as on the door
- Hit
- Thumped.
- Closed violently
- Damaged, as a car (with "up")
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
More clues leading to the result ICED
- From the cooler
- On the rocks
- Chilled
- Like some tea
- Like summer tea
- Tossed in some cubes
- Clinched the game
- Coffee variety
- Decorated a cake
- Kind of tea
More clues leading to the result SOCKED
More clues leading to the result POP
- __ for (buy)
- __-up (infielder's chance)
- Grammy Awards category
- Weasel word?
- Type of quiz
- Household name
- "The French Connection" character
- Bottle opening sound
- Bubble bursting noise
- Gotye genre
More clues leading to the result PELT
- Coonskin, e.g.
- Hunter's take
- Furrier's unit
- Hide
- Hurl
- Clobber with snowballs
- Trapper's prize
- Bombard
- Untanned skin
- Pepper, as with hail
More clues leading to the result STRIKE
- One third of a turkey
- Alley X
- Ten pins in one ball
- Hit
- Umpire's call
- Word that can mean "a hit" or "a miss"
- Bowler's goal
- Accomplishment in an alley
- Ump's cry
- Swing and a miss
More clues leading to the result KILL
- Stop a story
- Stop, as a newspaper story
- Veto
- Display total pwnage
- Leave an audience in the aisles, say
- Cancel, as an article
- Eat the last of
- Dispatch
- Excel at standup comedy
- Unreturnable smash
More clues leading to the result SMIT
- Hit, biblically
- Struck, old-style
- Stricken
- Slapped, old style
- Struck, old style
- Struck, archaically
- Hit hard by love, old-style
- Hit hard, old style
- Biblical "hit"
- Injured, to Shakespeare
More clues leading to the result TAKEAPOKEAT
More clues leading to the result BOP
- Style of jazz
- Genre that became "hard" in the 1950s
- Bird's music
- Dizzy music?
- Hit on the head playfully
- Kidz ___ Kids
- Knock
- Jazz form
- Monk's milieu
- Birdland sound
More clues leading to the result STRICKEN
- Afflicted, as with guilt
- Afflicted with illness, say
- Hit (with)
- Afflicted
- Hit
- Poverty-___ (very poor)
- Deleted (from).
- Incapacitated
- Wounded
- Ill
More clues leading to the result SOCK
- Washday loss, often
- Wind indicator
- Hit hard
- Punch
- Belt
- See 49-Across
- Something to stick your foot in
- Simple puppet
- Hit with a punch
- Ad hoc puppet
More clues leading to the result BEAT
- Cadence
- Exhausted
- Pooped out
- Tired
- Vanquished
- Worn out
- Dog tired
- Kerouac's generation
- Take a switch to
- Cop's rounds
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 ATTAIN
More clues leading to the result BIFF
- George McFly tormentor
- Comic book blow
- One of the Loman boys
- Son of Willy Loman
- Sound of a slug
- Willy Loman's son
- Villain in "Back to the Future"
- "Death of a Salesman" son
- Comics punch
- Happy Loman's brother
More clues leading to the result CLOCKED
More clues leading to the result SMACKED
- Hit
- Kissed, so to speak
- Bussed
- Kissed noisily
- Walloped
- Kissed loudly
- Kissed.
- Bussed audibly
- Suggested, with "of"
- Kissed soundly
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 TOKE
- Blunt hit
- "One __ Over the Line"
- Puff of a sort
- Drag
- Hit on a joint
- Gambling-hall gratuity
- Puff
- Blackjack dealer's tip, in slang
- Tip for a dealer
- Tip for a casino dealer
More clues leading to the result BROADWAYSUCCESS
More clues leading to the result SMAC
More clues leading to the result POUND
- Twenty shillings, once
- # key
- Pulverize
- Home for strays
- Deli unit
- Temporary home for strays
- Nottingham note
- Hammer
- Stray dog house
- Butcher shop unit
More clues leading to the result CONK
- Bop
- Knock on the noggin
- Die (out)
- Hit on the head
- Straighten, as hair
- Brain
- Stop running, with "out"
- Bop on the bean
- Bop on the noggin
- Die, with "out"
More clues leading to the result BOPPED
- Socked
- Hit with a ball, say
- Enjoyed jive
- Clobbered
- Hit
- Rumbled, as a gang
- Slugged
- Hit on the bean
- Danced to 1940s jazz, perhaps