assail

assail is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
2. transitive verb. To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.
3. transitive verb. To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
4. verb. attack in speech or writing

   "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

   Synonyms: assault, attack, round, snipe

5. verb. launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

   "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"

   "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"

   Synonyms: attack

6. verb. attack someone physically or emotionally

   "The mugger assaulted the woman"

   "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

   Synonyms: assault, attack

Synonyms

assault, attack, round, snipe

Common word forms

assails, assailed, assailer, assailing, assailable, assailment

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for ASSAIL lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.