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Is attack a Scrabble word?

Yes, attack is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of attack?

Definition

noun (English)

1. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.Examples: "Combat in Mimesis Online is nice and simple. You click on your target […] and then keep right-clicking your chosen attack from the drop down menu. Every time you right click on the attack, your character will swing, shoot, etc."; "Kleavor has several attacks that it's worth roughly memorising: a charge attack, where it runs at you quickly; a jump attack, that causes a pillar of rock to spike out from under the ground; and a spin attack that does damage in a circle around it."

2. (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.Examples: "Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry."broadlyinformal

3. (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.Examples: "birthday attack; denial-of-service attack"

4. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.

5. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.Synonyms: hit, spike

6. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.Examples: "This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened."; "Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."Synonyms: savagetransitive

2. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).Examples: "She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts."; "It was puzzling to read a column that claimed to be attacking me, yet espoused the main ideas in my article."; "In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects."transitive

3. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.Examples: "On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever."; "Hydrofluoric acid […] attacks the glass."transitive

4. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.Examples: "We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework."; "I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite."; "He filled a basin with water, and, with an old brush and piece of sandsoap, attacked the stove."transitive

5. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.transitive

6. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.intransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "attack"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "attack"?

Scrabble
12 points
A1
T1
T1
A1
C3
K5
Words With Friends
13 points
A1
T1
T1
A1
C4
K5

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