Hit hard
The crossword clue "Hit hard" is answered by SMITE, a 5-letter entry. Used 35 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SMITE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SMITE answer page.
Used 35 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1961. 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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Other clues for SMITE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SMITE, most used first.
- Strike down - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Strike - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
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
- Huge hit - SMASH, used 35 times
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