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What does assail mean? Is assail a Scrabble word?

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Is assail a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word assail is a Scrabble US word. The word assail is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

A1S1S1A1I1L1

Is assail a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word assail is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

A1S1S1A1I1L1

Is assail a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word assail is a Words With Friends word. The word assail is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1S1S1A1I1L2

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6-letter words (1 found)

ASSAIL,

5-letter words (7 found)

ALIAS,ASSAI,LASSI,SAILS,SALSA,SIALS,SISAL,

4-letter words (10 found)

AALS,AIAS,AILS,ALAS,LASS,LIAS,SAIL,SAIS,SALS,SIAL,

3-letter words (13 found)

AAL,AAS,AIA,AIL,AIS,ALA,ALS,ASS,LAS,LIS,SAI,SAL,SIS,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AI,AL,AS,IS,LA,LI,SI,

You can make 39 words from assail according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of assail

assail

Etymology

From Middle English assailen, from Old French assaillir, assalir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“at, towards”) + salīre (“jump”). See also assault.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈseɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Verb

assail (third-person singular simple present assails, present participle assailing, simple past and past participle assailed)

  1. (transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).
    • 2007, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Wizard of the Crow, Nairobo: East African Educational Publishers, Book 2, Chapter 3, p. 64,[3]
      He did not like being in crowds, foul smells galore assailing his nostrils.

Related terms

  • assailable
  • assailant
  • assailer
  • assailment
  • assault
  • reassail
  • unassailed

Translations

Anagrams

  • Alissa

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