Answer to "Response in the game of Battleship" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HIT! which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.

Response in the game of Battleship crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
HIT!	100 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Response in the game of Battleship

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

• miss
• retire
• hit
• gun
• kill
• salvo
• binnacle
• boarder
• buttock
• come
• ark
• bunk

Crossword Answer definitions

HIT! noun

1. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
2. Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
3. An attack on a location, person or people.
4. A collision of a projectile with the target.
5. A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
6. A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
7. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
8. The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
9. A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
10. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
11. A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
12. A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
13. A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.

HIT! verb

1. (heading, physical) To strike.
2. To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
3. To switch on.
4. To briefly visit.
5. To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
6. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
7. To affect negatively.
8. To attack.
9. (heading, games) To make a play.
10. To use; to connect to.
11. To have sex with.
12. To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.

HIT! adjective

1. Very successful.

HIT! pronoun

1. It.

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• Response in the game of Battleship