Hit on the head
The crossword clue "Hit on the head" is answered by BEAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BEAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEAN answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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