The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SMITES , but the solution may also be RAMS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Hits hard crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMITES | 31 % | 6 |
| PASTES | 11 % | 6 |
| RAMS | 9 % | 4 |
| BELTS | 7 % | 5 |
| WHAMS | 7 % | 5 |
| SLUGS | 7 % | 5 |
| SWATS | 5 % | 5 |
| POUNDS | 5 % | 6 |
| ASSAULTS | 2 % | 8 |
| WHOPS | 2 % | 5 |
| SLAMS | 2 % | 5 |
| SMACKS | 2 % | 6 |
| CLOCKS | 2 % | 6 |
| THUMPS | 2 % | 6 |
| SOCKS | 2 % | 5 |
| BANGS | 2 % | 5 |
| THWACKS | 2 % | 7 |
Why may RAMS be the right solution?
The answer "RAMS" is the right solution because it is a verb that means to hit or strike with force.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hits hard
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- packs punch
- packs wallop
- hits like ton of bricks
- clocks
- hitter
- slogger
- slugger
- beats
- bounce
- chip
- clout
- crash
Crossword Answer definitions
SMITES 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 SMITES
- Clobbers, Bible-style
- Whacks, Bible-style
- Hits, old-style
- Fells with a single blow
- Whacks hard
- Bops, Biblically
- Clobbers
- Hits hard, Biblical-style
- Strikes down, in the Bible
- Hits hard
More clues leading to the result PASTES
- Sticks on
- Fastens down
- Uses glue
- Belts
- Uses stickum
- Kindergarten stickums
- Puts back elsewhere, as text
- Wallops
- Hits hard
- Kindergarten jars
More clues leading to the result RAMS
- Ewe's mates
- Hits head-on
- 2000 Super Bowl champs
- Crashes into
- Ewes' guys
- They're bullish
- Barnyard butters
- They may go head to head
- Drives into deliberately
- 2000 Super Bowl winners
More clues leading to the result BELTS
- Slugs
- Wallops
- Buckle bearers
- Girth encirclers
- Clobbers
- Big swigs
- Car-seat features
- They may be tightened after budget cuts
- Karate acquisitions
- Hits hard
More clues leading to the result WHAMS
- Loud blows
- Collision sounds
- Smashing exclamations
- Hits hard
- Thuds
- Smacks hard
- Bops hard
- Clobbers
- Smashing exclamations.
- Has quite an impact on
More clues leading to the result SLUGS
- Garden pests
- Garden creatures
- Whups
- Blobby garden pests
- Criminal's quarters?
- Wooden nickels?
- Counterfeit coins
- Couch potatoes
- Garden creepers
- Worthless tokens
More clues leading to the result SWATS
- Gets the flies
- Goes for, as a mosquito
- Hits playfully
- Hits hard
- Bats gnats
- Chases flies
- Smacks
- Whacks sharply
- Hits, as a fly
- Squashes a skeeter
More clues leading to the result POUNDS
- Knocks hard
- Stray areas
- Hammers
- Hits hard
- Canterbury currency
- Egyptian currency
- Hits with force
- Money symbolized by a stylized L
- Marks and Spencer's receipts
- Freight weights
More clues leading to the result ASSAULTS
- Forays
- Attacks
- Hits hard
- Strike force missions
- Lashes into.
- Storms
- Incursions
- Batteries
- Commits a criminal offense
- Offensives
More clues leading to the result WHOPS
More clues leading to the result SLAMS
- Harsh criticisms
- Closes noisily
- Some are grand
- Bridge feats
- Bridge coups
- Doesn't just close
- Closes loudly
- Bridge successes
- Australian Open and French Open, familiarly
- Big bridge bids
More clues leading to the result SMACKS
- Busses
- Is suggestive (of)
- Has the flavor (of)
- Gives a hand?
- Kisses aloud
- Honey ___ (kids' breakfast cereal)
- Big wet ones
- Suggests, with "of"
- Eager lip sounds
- Hints at, with "of"
More clues leading to the result CLOCKS
- Train station features
- Hits hard
- Horologes
- Grandfather timers
- Time keepers
- Hose décor.
- Woven ornaments on hose.
- Punches, informally
- Things seen in most public buildings, but almost never in casinos
- Timepieces
More clues leading to the result THUMPS
- Whups but good
- Poltergeist sounds
- Wagging-tail-against-floor sounds
- Heart throbs
- Sounds of an excited heart
- Hits hard
- Hammers.
- Pounds.
- Makes dull sounds.
- Heavy blows
More clues leading to the result SOCKS
- They may cover two feet
- Laundromat losses?
- Gives the ax
- They're worn under sneakers
- Anklets
- Bill Clinton's White House pet
- Wallops
- White House cat
- Knee-highs and argyles
- Belts
More clues leading to the result BANGS
- Shtups
- Forehead fringe
- Gunfight reports
- Early Beatles trademark
- Forehead cover
- Firecracker sounds
- Loud noises
- Door-slamming sounds
- Hair over the forehead
- Feature of Buster Brown's hairdo