HIT — 3 letter word
hit
The word hit has 3 letters: H, I, T. It contains 1 vowel and 2 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. As a noun, it means "a successful swing in a baseball game".
3 letter word "hit": H I T — noun
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends score: 5
Letter analysis of hit
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| I | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 2 consonants, 3 unique letters
Definition of hit
noun
- a successful swing in a baseball game "The base runner came all the way home on Williams' hit."
- a conspicuous success "That song was my first hit and marked the beginning of my career as a singer." Synonyms: bang, smash, smasher, strike
- the act of forcefully contacting one thing with another "repeated hitting raised a large bruise" Synonyms: striking, hitting
- a counting term for an internet user viewing a web page "Yesterday our website got over 500 hits!"
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
- a dose of an illicit drug "it's not a good idea to take your first hit of heroin"
verb
- to pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to "They tried to hit on patrons of the bar."
- gain points in a game Synonyms: score, tally, rack up
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target Synonyms: strike
- hit with a missile from a weapon Synonyms: shoot, pip
- to strike the intended target or goal "I hit the goal!"
- consume to excess "hit the bottle"
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely "We were hit by really bad weather" Synonyms: strike
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically Synonyms: strike
- hit against Synonyms: strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument "I hit you hard in the face."
- to cause to move by striking, moving it into a new location, either intended or not "I hit a ball into the backyard."
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level "The thermometer hit 100 degrees" Synonyms: reach
- reach a destination, either real or abstract "We hit Detroit by noon" Synonyms: make, reach, gain, arrive at, attain
- to drive something violently into a location "I hit my fist on the table to get the room's attention." Synonyms: strike
- cause to experience suddenly Synonyms: strike, come to
- encounter by chance Synonyms: stumble
- kill intentionally and with premeditation Synonyms: dispatch, murder, off, remove, polish off