Hit

The answer

SMITE

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

Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1948. It appears in 5 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.

• SWAT (22 uses in xd)
• SMOTE (16 uses in xd)
• STRUCK (11 uses in xd)
• SLAP (6 uses in xd)
• STRIKE (5 uses in xd)

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
• Hit hard - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• Strike - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Whack, biblically - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Clobber - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Strike down, biblically - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Strike, biblically - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Strike down, in the Bible - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Strike, in the Bible - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Clobber, biblically - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Clobber, old-style - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Strike like St. George - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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.

• Big hit - SMASH, used 75 times
• Huge hit - SMASH, used 35 times
• 1972 Bill Withers hit - USEME, used 31 times
• Hit the road - LEAVE, used 30 times
• Ready to hit - ATBAT, used 26 times
• Amy Winehouse hit - REHAB, used 23 times

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