The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SETAT , but the solution may also be ASSAIL which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Attack crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SETAT | 19 % | 5 |
| SETON | 16 % | 5 |
| ASSAIL | 16 % | 6 |
| ONSET | 7 % | 5 |
| HAVEAT | 4 % | 6 |
| BESET | 4 % | 5 |
| RUNAT | 3 % | 5 |
| SICEM | 3 % | 5 |
| SETUPON | 3 % | 7 |
| TEARINTO | 2 % | 8 |
| GOAT | 2 % | 4 |
| ASSAULT | 2 % | 7 |
| STORM | 2 % | 5 |
| RAID | 2 % | 4 |
| COMEAT | 2 % | 6 |
| LAYINTO | 2 % | 7 |
| LASHAT | 1 % | 6 |
| CHARGE | 1 % | 6 |
| SIEGE | 1 % | 5 |
| BOUT | 1 % | 4 |
| JUMPON | 1 % | 6 |
| SORTIE | 1 % | 6 |
| SAILINTO | 0 % | 8 |
| LAYON | 0 % | 5 |
| INVADE | 0 % | 6 |
| OPENFIRE | 0 % | 8 |
| LEAPAT | 0 % | 6 |
| SIC | 0 % | 3 |
| MARAUD | 0 % | 6 |
| STRIKE | 0 % | 6 |
| FALLON | 0 % | 6 |
| BESIEGE | 0 % | 7 |
| HITAT | 0 % | 5 |
| GETEM | 0 % | 5 |
| DDDDD | 0 % | 5 |
| GOFOR | 0 % | 5 |
| EPISODE | 0 % | 7 |
| LAYTO | 0 % | 5 |
| RIPINTO | 0 % | 7 |
| OFFEND | 0 % | 6 |
| HIT | 0 % | 3 |
| COMBAT | 0 % | 6 |
| FLYAT | 0 % | 5 |
| HAVEATIT | 0 % | 8 |
| LACEINTO | 0 % | 8 |
Why may ASSAIL be the right solution?
The answer "ASSAIL" fits the clue "Attack" because it means to launch a violent or aggressive assault on someone or something.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Attack
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- onset
- set on
- assail
- assault
- onslaught
- lash out
- onrush
- aggress
- attempt
- offensive
- approach
- blast
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 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 ASSAIL
More clues leading to the result ONSET
More clues leading to the result HAVEAT
- Tear into
- Attack
- Take the offensive
- Deal with vigorously
- Attack, as one's work
- Dive into, as a pile of correspondence
- Tackle
- Attack.
- Go for
- Set upon
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 RUNAT
More clues leading to the result SICEM
- "Bite, boy!"
- Attack words
- Shout to 1-Across
- Opposite of "Down, boy!"
- Command to a junkyard dog
- Attack command
- Order to a guard dog
- Shout to Fido
- Command to Fido
- Command to a guard dog
More clues leading to the result SETUPON
More clues leading to the result TEARINTO
- Attack
- Attack unrestrainedly
- Attack violently
- Make a vigorous start
- Verbally assault
- Scold harshly
- Impulsively attack
- Rip verbally
- Attack verbally
- Have at
More clues leading to the result GOAT
- Blame-taker
- Capricorn
- Hero's opposite
- Tin-can eater, in cartoons
- Hollow-horned, bearded ruminant
- Niagara River "Island"
- One with kids
- Fall guy
- Victim
- Billy the kid?
More clues leading to the result ASSAULT
- Blitzkrieg bop?
- Onslaught
- 1946 Triple Crown horse
- Battery mate?
- Violent crime
- Type of rifle
- Violent attack
- Battery's partner
- Battery mate
- Attack
More clues leading to the result STORM
- Actress Gale
- Attack violently
- Hurricane or blizzard
- Rant and rave
- Two-time WNBA champions from Seattle
- Weather event that's cause for special drains and windows
- Gully washer
- Monsoon
- Big blow
- Rain delay reason
More clues leading to the result RAID
- "___ on Entebbe"
- Attack
- Bugs' bane
- Foray
- Hit the fridge
- Visit the fridge, in a way
- Air attack
- Roach-killing brand
- Incursion
- Sortie
More clues leading to the result COMEAT
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 LASHAT
More clues leading to the result CHARGE
- Pay with plastic
- "Let's go!"
- Gas up a Volt, say
- Thrill, kick, buzz
- Electrify
- Expense
- Cavalry command
- Cover with plastic?
- Coulomb measure
- Fee
More clues leading to the result SIEGE
- "Under ____" (1992 movie)
- 1863 Vicksburg event
- Act of war
- Blockade
- Leningrad endured one during WWII
- Rides the waves, in a way
- "Dog Day Afternoon" event
- All-out assault
- Battle
- Military strategem
More clues leading to the result BOUT
- Match
- Punch-out time?
- Episode
- Prize fight
- Ring engagement
- Match in a ring
- Pugilistic affair
- Contest
- Spell
- Go-round
More clues leading to the result JUMPON
More clues leading to the result SORTIE
- Sally
- Military movement
- Attack
- Foray
- Sudden raid
- Military operation
- Armed foray
- Combat mission
- Sudden attack
- Military action
More clues leading to the result SAILINTO
More clues leading to the result LAYON
- Macbeth's invitation to Macduff
- Order to Macduff
- Enjoyed, as a beach blanket
- Apply, as healing hands
- Apply, as paint
- Macbeth's advice to Macduff.
- Attack with force.
- "___, Macduff!"
- Apply.
- Attack.
More clues leading to the result INVADE
- Occupy
- Trespass upon
- Trespass on
- Enter forcefully
- Enter with hostile intent
- Encroach upon
- Become an occupying force
- Enter aggressively
- Intrude upon, as privacy
- Intrude upon, as one's space
More clues leading to the result OPENFIRE
- Battlefield cry
- Blast away
- Start shooting
- Shoot
- Beach party sight
- Begin to shoot
- Something to gather around
- Begin shooting
- Forest safety concern
- "Attack!"
More clues leading to the result LEAPAT
- Go for eagerly
- Dive into, enthusiastically
- Go toward with enthusiasm
- Grab in a heartbeat
- Attack like a lion
- Accept eagerly
- Seize eagerly, as a chance
- Go for eagerly, as an opportunity
- Go for avidly
- Take in a heartbeat
More clues leading to the result SIC
- "That's how HE spelled it!"
- "__ 'em!" (attack command)
- Inciting word
- (Not my error)
- "Attack, dog!"
- Error indicator
- [It was already wrong]
- [Not my screwup]
- Literally, "thus"
- Thus, in Latin
More clues leading to the result MARAUD
- Loot and pillage
- Attack and plunder
- Pillage and plunder
- Attack and pillage
- Pillage
- Plunder and pillage
- Plunder
- Attack
- Run roughshod over
- Roam, pillage, and plunder
More clues leading to the result STRIKE
- One third of a turkey
- Alley X
- Ten pins in one ball
- Hit
- Umpire's call
- Word that can mean "a hit" or "a miss"
- Bowler's goal
- Accomplishment in an alley
- Ump's cry
- Swing and a miss
More clues leading to the result FALLON
- Late-night comic Jimmy
- Experience, as hard times
- Encounter, as hard times
- __ hard times
- Be the duty of.
- Attack.
- Leno's late-night successor
- Big name in late-night
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 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 GETEM
- "Sic!"
- Order to a posse
- "__ while they're hot!"
- "Go __, Tigers!": 1968 Detroit baseball theme song
- "Chase those guys!"
- Order to a Western posse
- Coach's exhortation
- "Go ___, Rover"
- "Don't let those fellas escape!"
- "Don't let these guys escape!"
More clues leading to the result DDDDD
- "Allahu ___!"
- "Barry Lyndon" actor
- "Casablanca" actor
- "Deathwatch" playwright
- "Fried Green Tomatoes" actress
- "Funny or Die" post
- "Go Tell It on the Mountain," e.g.
- "Hard to believe, but..."
- "I challenge you to ___!"
- "I didn't ___ be part of this"
More clues leading to the result GOFOR
- Find attractive
- Attack
- Like
- Enjoy greatly
- __ the gold
- Like a lot
- Really like
- Take a shot at
- Attempt to get
- Cost
More clues leading to the result EPISODE
- Sitcom unit
- Serial unit
- Serial segment
- Series chapter
- Half-hour telecast, often
- "Tune in next week for another exciting ___"
- Installment, TV-wise
- Daily soap offering
- Soap segment
- Serial "chapter"
More clues leading to the result LAYTO
- Hold (a ship) stationary in the wind
- Stop at sea
- Put in at the dock
- Blame on
- Bring a ship into the wind.
- Attack.
- Get busy.
- Apply oneself
- Put forth effort
- Remained stationary, at sea
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
More clues leading to the result OFFEND
- Cause umbrage
- Put one's nose out of joint
- Incite outrage
- Insult
- Affront
- Cause affront to
- Step on someone's toes, so to speak
- Transgress
- Cause resentment
- Wound
More clues leading to the result HIT
- Chart-topper
- Like "Titanic"
- Sensation
- Top ten record
- Box office smash
- Successful play
- Bat
- Box office smash, e.g.
- Double or triple
- Smash
More clues leading to the result COMBAT
- Game that came with the Atari 2600
- Mercenary's line
- War action
- Fighting
- Infantry action
- Type of trendy women's boots
- Warfare
- Battle
- Fight
- Fight against
More clues leading to the result FLYAT
More clues leading to the result HAVEATIT
- Do battle
- Get down to work, with gusto
- Get started vigorously
- Make the fur fly
- Begin with enthusiasm
- "Dig in!"
- Dig in
- Attack
- Work with enthusiasm
- Go mano a mano