Hard hit.
The crossword clue "Hard hit." is answered by SMIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 1963; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SMIT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SMIT answer page.
Used 7 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 1963; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 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 (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SMIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SMIT, most used first.
- Struck, old-style - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- Struck. - used 25 times, most recently in 2018
- Hit, old style - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
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.
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- Work hard - TOIL, used 183 times
- Working hard - ATIT, used 149 times
- 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit - ADIA, used 87 times
- Village People hit - YMCA, used 80 times
- Open-handed hit - SLAP, used 78 times
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