| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| WHACKING | Hitting | |
| STRIKING | Hitting | |
| SMACKING | Hitting | |
| BILGING | Hitting hard | |
| SMITING | Hitting hard | |
| STUDYING | Hitting the books | |
| THUMP | Dull hitting sound | |
| THWACK | Dull hitting sound | |
| HONKING | Hitting the horn | |
| THRASH | Act of hitting someone | |
| CRASHING | Losing consciousness... hitting the floor! | |
| CLANG | Sound of metal hitting metal | |
| HEADER | Way of hitting a football | |
| HAMMERING | Act of hitting or striking a blow | |
| LET | Hitting top of net in passing, ... call | |
| FEND | To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows. | |
| AIM | To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target. | |
| CAROM | A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon. | |
| MISS | To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to ... | |