hit
Hit can refer to the act of contacting one thing with another, a dose of a narcotic drug, or a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate. As a verb, hit can mean to cause to move by striking, deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument, or hit against; come into sudden contact with.
Length
3
Scrabble
6
WWF
5
Starts
HI
Ends
HIT
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “HIT” Mean?
hit has 22 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
7 senses(baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
“he came all the way around on Williams' hit”
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
“the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction”
Synonyms
a dose of a narcotic drug
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
“it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit”
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a connection made via the internet to another website
“WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide”
Verb
15 sensescause to move by striking
“hit a ball”
“The children hit the ball”
hit against; come into sudden contact with
“The car hit a tree”
“He struck the table with his elbow”
“The car hits the tree”
Synonyms
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
“He hit her hard in the face”
“The fighter managed to hit his opponent”
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
“We were hit by really bad weather”
“He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager”
“The earthquake struck at midnight”
“The wind storms hit the area with dust and dirt”
Synonyms
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cause to experience suddenly
“Panic struck me”
“An interesting idea hit her”
“A thought came to me”
“The thought struck terror in our minds”
Synonyms
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
“The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939”
“We must strike the enemy's oil fields”
“in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2”
Synonyms
drive something violently into a location
“he hit his fist on the table”
“she struck her head on the low ceiling”
Synonyms
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
“The pianist strikes a middle C”
“strike ‘z’ on the keyboard”
Synonyms
hit the intended target or goal
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
“He tries to hit on women in bars”
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Vowels
1
Consonants
2
Word Intelligence
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Definition
(baseball) when a batter strikes a pitched ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
Length
3 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
T
Vowels
1
Consonants
2
Letters
H, I, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
Strategy notes for using hit in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.
Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆HIT has a Scrabble score of 6. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HIT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆HIT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 3-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆HIT uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABC
CV Pattern
CVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
HI, IT
Trigrams
HIT
Crossword Intelligence
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