attack: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 12 letter points · starts with A · ends with K
Meaning of attack
noun
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy. Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
Example: They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
Example: The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
Listed forms: attacks.
Source: Wiktionary — attack.
verb
- transitive
To apply violent force to someone or something.
Example: This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
- transitive
To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
Example: She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
- transitive
To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- transitive
To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
Example: We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.
Listed forms: attacks, attacking, attacked, attackt, attackted.
Source: Wiktionary — attack.
adj
- not-comparable
Designed or kept for the purpose of confrontation.
Source: Wiktionary — attack.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for attack.
noun
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
noun
intense adverse criticism
noun
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- approach
- plan of attack
noun
the act of attacking
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is attack in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of attack
A(1) + T(1) + T(1) + A(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of attack
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from attack
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in attack. Showing up to 24, longest first.