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HIT

3 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
(min 4)
Super Big too short
(min 4)

HIT is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

HITS-s 1 HITTING-ting 5 HAT 1 HET 1
verb
  1. physicaltransitiveTo administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
    • One boy hit the other.
  2. physicaltransitiveTo come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
    • The ball hit the fence.
  3. intransitivephysicalTo strike against something.
  4. physicaltransitiveTo activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
    • Hit the Enter key to continue.
  5. physicalslangtransitiveTo kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
    • Hit him tonight and throw the body in the river.
  6. physicaltransitiveTo attack, especially amphibiously.
    • If intelligence had been what it should have been, I don't think we'd ever have hit that island.
  7. ambitransitivefigurativelyphysicalTo affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
    • Their coffee really hits the spot.
    • I used to listen to that song all the time, but it hits different(ly) now.
  8. transitiveTo manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
    • I hit the jackpot.
    • You can't hit the high notes in that song!
  9. colloquialtransitiveTo switch on or switch off (lights).
    • Somebody's been here! Hit the lights!
  10. informaltransitiveTo commence playing.
    • - I'd love to hear your band play. - Hit it, boys!
  11. colloquialtransitiveTo briefly visit.
    • We hit the grocery store on the way to the park.
  12. informaltransitiveTo encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
    • You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late.
    • We hit a lot of traffic coming back from the movies.
  13. informaltransitiveTo reach or achieve.
    • The movie hits theaters in December.
    • The temperature could hit 110°F tomorrow.
    • We hit Detroit at one in the morning but kept driving through the night.
  14. intransitiveTo meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
  15. To guess; to light upon or discover.
  16. transitiveTo affect negatively.
    • The economy was hit by a recession. The hurricane hit his fishing business hard.
  17. figurativelyTo attack.
  18. transitiveIn blackjack, to deal a card to.
    • Hit me.
  19. intransitiveTo come up to bat.
    • Jones hit for the pitcher.
  20. To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
  21. transitiveTo use; to connect to.
    • The external web servers hit DBSRV7, but the internal web server hits DBSRV3.
  22. USslangtransitiveTo have sex with.
    • I'd hit that!
  23. USslangtransitiveTo inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
  24. transitive(of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
    • This is another great exercise which hits the long head.
  25. transitiveTo work out.
    • With that said, the group hitting their legs just once a week still made gains.
noun
  1. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
    • The hit was very slight.
  2. Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
  3. figurativelyA blow; a calamitous or damaging occurrence.
    • His reputation took a hit when the new information came to light.
  4. An attack on a location, person or people.
  5. A collision of a projectile with the target.
  6. In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
  7. InternetA match found by searching a computer system or search engine
  8. InternetA measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
    • My site received twice as many hits after being listed in a search engine.
  9. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
  10. The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
    • The catcher got a hit to lead off the fifth.
  11. colloquialA dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
    • Where am I going to get my next hit?
  12. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
  13. datedA peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
    • a happy hit
  14. A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
  15. A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
adjective
  1. Very successful.
    • The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.
pronoun
  1. dialectalIt.