Clues for the word "BIT"
We've had 250 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 661 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on March 11, 2026.
Definition of bit
- v. - The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
- v. - Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.
- v. t. - To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
- - imp. & p. p. of Bite.
- v. - A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
- v. - Somewhat; something, but not very great.
- v. - A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
- v. - The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- v. - The cutting iron of a plane.
- v. - In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
- - 3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth.
- imp. - of Bite
- - of Bite
Referring Clues
- Taste
- Atom
- Kind of part
- Bridle part
- Snippet
- Accepted the bait
- Shtick
- Touch
- Shtick performance
- Smidgen
- It may be boring
- Took the lure
- Rein check
- It comes straight from the horse's mouth
- Comic shtick
- Information unit
- Was taken in
- Short time
- 0 or 1, digitally
- Fell for a trick
- It's boring
- Took the bait
- Part of a byte
- Comedy shtick
- It may come straight from the horse's mouth
- Fell for a joke
- Drill insertion
- Comedy routine
- Took the hook
- Eighth of a dollar
- Comedian's routine
- Running gag
- Byte fraction
- Fragment
- Tiny amount
- Drill insert
- Series of jokes
- Iota
- Routine part
- Mouthpiece
- Shred
- Brace's partner
- Was successfully enticed
- Got hooked
- Was awful, in slang
- Boring thing?
- Went for the hook
- Grabbed the worm
- Small amount
- Boring necessity?
- Act
- Smidge
- Small role
- Piece of comedy
- Small fragment
- Was enticed
- Drill component
- Routine
- Drill piece
- Chomped on
- A chuck holds it
- Boring accessory
- Comic routine
- "This won't hurt a ___"
- Mr. Ed's mouthpiece
- Was fooled
- Comic's snippet
- Morsel
- 1/8 of a byte
- Scintilla
- Small sample
- Carpenter's tool
- Small piece
- Drill part
- Chomped (on)
- Particle
- Took a nibble
- Comic's offering
- Attacked dentally
- Took the offer
- Drill attachment
- Mosel
- Was lured in
- Short while
- Drill need
- Used one's teeth
- Nipped
- Drill part
- Chomped
- Little piece
- Attacked like a mosquito
- Boring tool
- Piece
- Went after the worm
- Minuscule amount
- It might come straight from the horse's mouth
- It represents a 0 or 1
- Small quantity
- Fell for a come-on, say
- Moment
- Driller
- Mouthpiece for a horse
- Part of a stand-up's routine
- Kind of a part
- Stand-up offering
- Tiny role
- Started on dinner
- Tad or iota
- Improv piece
- Bridle mouthpiece
- Brace insert
- Bridle piece
- Colt's mouthpiece
- Tad
- Part of a bridle
- Fell for an April fool, say
- Drill accessory
- Was tricked by a worm?
- Power-drill accessory
- 0 or 1, in computer science
- Harness part
- Tige, say
- Used one's choppers
- Took a chunk out of
- Was gullible
- Little
- It's boring at work
- It's boring when it works
- Mudder's mouthful
- Stand-up shtick
- Storage unit?
- Part of a comedy routine
- Bridle adjunct
- Boring thing
- Tiny piece
- Stand-up routine
- Jot
- Chomped down on
- Started to eat, with "into"
- Threaded tool
- Took the worm
- Went for the lure
- Fell for a gag
- Sliver
- Comedy piece
- Speck
- Trace
- Small morsel
- It fits in a drill
- Pointed drilling tool
- Clamped your teeth into
- Took a bite
- "Just a little ___ more, please!"
- Byte part
- Take it from the horse's mouth?
- It's placed in a drill
- Thing in a drill
- Prepared to chew
- Section
- Binary component
- Horse's mouthpiece
- Supertramp "Give a Little ___"
- Lemonheads "___ Part"
- Type of movie part for a musician, maybe
- Took effect - fragment
- What the dog did to the rabbit's tail
- Possibly rare piece to eat?
- Piece of drill?
- The part that makes the hole
- Small piece - used teeth
- Portion of rabbit
- The little that sank in
- It's rare for this morsel to be cheese on toast!
- A morsel of rabbit
- The biting part?
- Not much of a part
- The part between one's teeth?
- Small portion - part of drill
- Was effectively enticed
- Bridle attachment
- Small amount put on a horse
- Snaffle - small piece
- Boring item
- Nibbled
- Piece of harness
- See 17
- Brief moment
- Small item inserted into a drill
- It might come from the horse's mouth
- Fell for the joke
- Sank your teeth into
- ___ the bullet (went forward despite feeling reluctant)
- Horse harness part
- Metal mouthpiece on a bridle
- Component
- Drill addition
- Quotation, straight from the horse's mouth?
- Attacked like Dracula
- Computer memory unit
- Just a little exorbitant?
- Modicum
- Portion
- Started to eat the morsel
- Pinch
- Sank one's teeth into
- Was fooled by the fake
- Part of a stand-up routine
- Small portion
- See 42-Across
- Memory unit
- Digital unit
- Part
- Part with a coin
- Tiny unit of data
- Went for the worm
- The penetrative part?
- It might come straight from the horse’s mouth
- One part in a brace, perhaps
- Small part
- Scrap
- Carpenter's drill insert
- Walk-on role
- Attacked by a snake
- The part a rabbit can't be without
- Whit
- The part between one's teeth?
- The little that sank in?
- Part of a small coin?
- Caused pain, possibly between the teeth
- Boring thing?
- See 2-Down
- Possibly rare piece to eat?
- Piece of drill?
- The part that hurt
- Power drill insert
- The piece between one's teeth?
- Fell for it
- Not the star part of Peter Rabbit
- One part of Surbiton
- "Is this a ___?" ("I can't tell if you're joking")
- The biting part?
- Did the step before chewing
- Tiny portion
- Commit to the ___
- Little while
- Fraction of a byte
- Boring necessity?
- Tiny computer unit
- 0 or 1
- Part of a drill assembly or comedy routine
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 30, 2026
- New York Times - January 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 19, 2026
- Daily American - January 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 12, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 07, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - December 30, 2025
- New York Times - December 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 11, 2025
- LA Times - August 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 16, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 12, 2025
- LA Times - June 12, 2025
- LA Times - June 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 08, 2025
- New York Times - May 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 29, 2025
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