Scrabble & Words with friends points
- hit is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- hit is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- hit is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 5
Definition of hit
- drive something violently into a location (verb)
Examples
- he hit his fist on the table
Synonyms
- strike
- kill intentionally and with premeditation (verb)
Synonyms
- bump off
- dispatch
- murder
- off
- polish off
- remove
- slay
- gain points in a game (verb)
Examples
- He hit a home run
- He hit .300 in the past season
Synonyms
- rack up
- score
- tally
- a conspicuous success (noun)
Examples
- that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career
Synonyms
- bang
- smash
- smasher
- strike
- hit with a missile from a weapon (verb)
Synonyms
- pip
- shoot
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together (noun)
Synonyms
- collision
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target (verb)
Synonyms
- strike
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely (verb)
Examples
- We were hit by really bad weather
Synonyms
- strike
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level (verb)
Examples
- The thermometer hit 100 degrees
Synonyms
- attain
- reach
- encounter by chance (verb)
Synonyms
- stumble
- cause to experience suddenly (verb)
Examples
- An interesting idea hit her
Synonyms
- come to
- strike
- the act of contacting one thing with another (noun)
Examples
- repeated hitting raised a large bruise
- after three misses she finally got a hit
Synonyms
- hitting
- striking
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments (verb)
Synonyms
- strike
- reach a destination, either real or abstract (verb)
Examples
- We hit Detroit by noon
- I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts
Synonyms
- arrive at
- attain
- gain
- make
- reach
- hit against; come into sudden contact with (verb)
Examples
- The car hit a tree
Synonyms
- collide with
- impinge on
- run into
- strike
- a connection made via the internet to another website (noun)
Examples
- WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide
- a dose of a narcotic drug (noun)
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate (noun)
Examples
- it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit
- (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) (noun)
Examples
- he came all the way around on Williams' hit
- cause to move by striking (verb)
Examples
- hit a ball
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument (verb)
Examples
- He hit her hard in the face
- hit the intended target or goal (verb)
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to (verb)
Examples
- He tries to hit on women in bars
See definition of hit in Merriam Webster