Hit alternative
The crossword clue "Hit alternative" is answered by MISS, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MISS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MISS answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for MISS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MISS, most used first.
- Overlook - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
- Be nostalgic for - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Fail to see - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Fail to hit - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ America. - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Fail to notice - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Long for - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Young lady - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Feel the loss of - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Feel nostalgic for - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Feel the absence of - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Pine for - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Avoid - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Fall short of - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Fail to attend - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Feminine title - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Pageant title - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Hit's opposite - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Whiff - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Errant shot - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Fail to catch - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Feel the lack of - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Hit or __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- It's as good as a mile - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- "Swing and a __!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Feel nostalgic about - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Get wrong - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Piggy's title - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Yearn for - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit - ADIA, used 87 times
- Taxi alternative - UBER, used 81 times
- Village People hit - YMCA, used 80 times
- Open-handed hit - SLAP, used 78 times
- Foil alternative - EPEE, used 68 times
- Butter alternative - OLEO, used 65 times
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