assault
Assault can refer to a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped, the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will, or close fighting during the culmination of a military attack. As a verb, assault can mean to attack someone physically or emotionally, force (someone) to have sex against their will, or attack in speech or writing.
Length
7
Scrabble
7
WWF
9
Starts
AS
Ends
ULT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ASSAULT” Mean?
/əˈsɔːlt/
assault has 6 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesclose fighting during the culmination of a military attack
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
Synonyms
Verb
3 sensesScrabble Score
7
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
Length
7 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
T
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
A, S, S, A, U, L, T
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆ASSAULT has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ASSAULT is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ASSAULT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆ASSAULT contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
A
Letter Pattern
ABBACDE
CV Pattern
VCCVVCC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
AS, SS, SA, AU, UL, LT
Trigrams
ASS, SSA, SAU, AUL, ULT
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