Hint
/hɪnt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:7 pts4 letters
Definition of Hint
noun
- A clue.
"I needed a hint to complete the crossword."
- A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
"He gave me a hint that my breath smelt."
- A small, barely detectable amount of.
"I could taste a hint of lemon in the wine."
- Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering. Also known as hinting.
"This font does not scale well; at small point sizes it has no hinting at all, and the hints that it has for the 10- and 12-point letter 'g' still need work."
- An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
verb
- To suggest tacitly without a direct statement; to provide a clue.
"She hinted at the possibility of a recount of the votes."
- To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
"to hint a suspicion"
- To develop and add hints to a font.
"The typographer worked all day on hinting her new font so it would look good on computer screens."