The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BESET , but the solution may also be SETAT which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Assail crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BESET | 41 % | 5 |
| SETAT | 35 % | 5 |
| SETON | 9 % | 5 |
| HITAT | 2 % | 5 |
| SNIPE | 2 % | 5 |
| LAYINTO | 2 % | 7 |
| PELT | 1 % | 4 |
| SETUPON | 1 % | 7 |
| ATTACK | 1 % | 6 |
| BESIEGE | 1 % | 7 |
| RIPINTO | 1 % | 7 |
| FLYAT | 1 % | 5 |
| RUNAT | 1 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Assail
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- assault
- attack
- set on
- lash out
- round
- snipe
- berate
- lambaste
- censure
- criticize
- beset
- excoriate
Crossword Answer definitions
BESET verb- To surround or hem in.
- (sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
- To decorate something with jewels etc.
- Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BESET
- Plague
- Worry
- Assail
- Attack from all directions
- Under siege
- Harass
- Under attack
- Widely assailed
- Harried
- Hem in
More clues leading to the result SETAT
- Lay into
- Attack
- Attacked
- Adjusted to, as volume
- Programmed to, as a climate control
- Went after
- Fix, as a price
- Charge
- Assail
- Go after
More clues leading to the result SETON
- Attack
- Novelist Anya
- __ Hall University
- Writer of animal stories
- "Dragonwyck" author Anya
- First American saint
- Decided about
- ___ Hall University
- Mother ___ (American saint)
- Have one's heart ___ (desire strongly)
More clues leading to the result HITAT
- Try to strike
- Punch repeatedly
- Lay one's fists on
- Try to slug
- Strike out against
- Try to punch
- Attempt to strike or avoid striking out
- Try to whack
- Try to belt
- Try to jab
More clues leading to the result SNIPE
- Bushwhack
- Make malicious remarks
- Marsh bird
- __ at (malign)
- Assail
- Game bird
- Shoot from above
- Take potshots
- Gossip maliciously
- Sandpiper kin
More clues leading to the result LAYINTO
- Attack
- Scold severely
- Assail
- Verbally assault
- Hit hard
- Attack verbally
- Lambaste
- Let have it
- Scold harshly
- Attack vigorously
More clues leading to the result PELT
- Coonskin, e.g.
- Hunter's take
- Furrier's unit
- Hide
- Hurl
- Clobber with snowballs
- Trapper's prize
- Bombard
- Untanned skin
- Pepper, as with hail
More clues leading to the result SETUPON
More clues leading to the result ATTACK
More clues leading to the result BESIEGE
- Surround, in a way
- Surround, as in battle
- Assail
- Harry
- Hound
- Surround with troops
- Surround
- Harass, as with questions
- Overwhelm
- Hound endlessly
More clues leading to the result RIPINTO
- Criticize without mercy
- Go at hard
- Lambaste
- Attack
- Assail
- Attack verbally
- Chew out
- Castigate
- Criticize harshly
- Start tearing