Hard-hit baseball

The answer

LINER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LINER answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• LINEDRIVE (5 uses in xd)
• SHOT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LINER

Every other clue in this collection answered by LINER, most used first.

• Cruise ship - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Cruise vessel - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Ship. - used 13 times, most recently in 2002
• Large ocean vessel - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Ocean greyhound - used 10 times, most recently in 1993
• Vessel. - used 10 times, most recently in 1995
• Hard-hit ball - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Big ship - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Eye makeup - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Big boat - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Passenger ship - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Protective covering - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• QE2, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Sharply hit baseball - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Trash can insert - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Works hard - TOILS, used 80 times
• Big hit - SMASH, used 75 times
• Hard work - LABOR, used 38 times
• Hard stuff - BOOZE, used 36 times
• Hard to climb - STEEP, used 36 times
• Hit hard - SMITE, used 35 times

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