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Is assault a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word assault is a Scrabble US word. The word assault is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

A1S1S1A1U1L1T1

Is assault a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word assault is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

A1S1S1A1U1L1T1

Is assault a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word assault is a Words With Friends word. The word assault is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1S1S1A1U2L2T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

ASSAULT,

6-letter words (4 found)

SALATS,SALTUS,SAULTS,TUSSAL,

5-letter words (20 found)

ATLAS,ATUAS,AULAS,LASSU,LASTS,LATUS,LUSTS,SALAT,SALSA,SALTS,SALUT,SAULS,SAULT,SAUTS,SLATS,SLUTS,TAALS,TALAS,TALUS,TASSA,

4-letter words (23 found)

AALS,ALAS,ALTS,ALUS,ATUA,AUAS,AULA,LASS,LAST,LATS,LATU,LUST,SALS,SALT,SAUL,SAUT,SLAT,SLUT,TAAL,TALA,TASS,TAUS,UTAS,

3-letter words (19 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALS,ALT,ALU,ASS,ATS,AUA,LAS,LAT,SAL,SAT,SAU,SUS,TAS,TAU,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AL,AS,AT,LA,ST,TA,US,UT,

You can make 76 words from assault according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of assault

assault

Etymology

From Middle English assaut, from Old French noun assaut, derived from the past participle of the verb assalir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“at, towards”) + salīre (“jump”). See also assail. Spelling Latinized around 1530 to add an l.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈsɔːlt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈsɔlt/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /əˈsɑlt/
    • (regional, California) IPA(key): /əˈsʌlt/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -ɔːlt, (US, cot–caught merger) -ɑlt, (regional, California) -ʌlt

Noun

assault (countable and uncountable, plural assaults)

  1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
  2. A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
  3. (criminal law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
  4. (singular only, law) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
  6. (tort law) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
  7. (singular only, law) The tort whose action is such an act.
  8. (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.

Synonyms

  • onfall, onrush

Coordinate terms

  • battery

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

assault (third-person singular simple present assaults, present participle assaulting, simple past and past participle assaulted)

  1. (transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
  2. (transitive) To threaten or harass. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

  • assaultee
  • assaulter

Translations

References

  • “assault”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle French

Noun

assault m (plural assauls)

  1. (chiefly military) assault; attack

Descendants

  • French: assaut

Source: wiktionary.org