Yes, hits is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Cause to move by striking

2. Hit against; come into sudden contact with

3. Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

4. Reach a destination, either real or abstract

5. Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

6. Hit with a missile from a weapon

7. Encounter by chance

8. Gain points in a game

9. Cause to experience suddenly

10. Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

11. Kill intentionally and with premeditation

12. Drive something violently into a location

13. Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

14. Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically

15. Consume to excess

16. Hit the intended target or goal

17. Pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

Noun

1. (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)

2. The act of contacting one thing with another

3. A conspicuous success

4. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

5. A dose of a narcotic drug

6. A murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

7. A connection made via the internet to another website