Answer to "Long hit" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CLOUT , but the solution may also be SWAT which is one of the most recent solution (1982 in New York Times).

Long hit crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
CLOUT	25 %	5
SWAT	25 %	4
TRIPLE	25 %	6
HOMER	25 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Long hit

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• swat
• clout
• drive
• homer
• mash
• belt
• blast
• club
• loop
• squash
• swatting
• oldie

Crossword Answer definitions

CLOUT noun

1. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
2. A blow with the hand.
3. A home run.
4. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
5. A swaddling cloth.
6. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
7. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
8. A piece; a fragment.

CLOUT verb

1. To hit, especially with the fist.
2. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
3. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
4. To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
5. To join or patch clumsily.

CLOUT verb

1. To form a clot or mass.
2. To cause to clot or form into a mass.

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 CLOUT

• Muscle
• Influence
• Heavy influence
• Mighty whack
• Pull
• Power, so to speak
• Political influence
• Political power
• Influence, as in politics
• Leverage

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 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 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