7 Letters
4 Consonants
3 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use assault as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Assault
A 2 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters a, l, s, t, and u, 4 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter a. Assault starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, as, ass, assa, assau, and the ending characters are t, lt, ult, ault, sault, . Assault is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
Definition
A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
Origin/Roots
Old French
Compound Words
A compound word, assault has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are as, and sault.
School Grade
Assault is set as a grade six word that starts with a, ends with t, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 7 letters.
Scrabble
Is assault a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Assault in Pig Latin is said as "assaultay or assaultway".
Unigram
a | s | s | a | u | l | t
Bigram
as | ss | sa | au | ul | lt
Trigram
ass | ssa | sau | aul | ult
Quadrigram
assa | ssau | saul | ault
Word Gram
Noun Examples
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped

close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
Verb Examples
attack in speech or writing;
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
attack someone physically or emotionally;
"The mugger assaulted the woman";
"Nightmares assailed him regularly"
force (someone) to have sex against their will;
"The woman was raped on her way home at night"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Assault"

There are 418 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to assault.

SynonymDefinition
Abusecruel or inhumane treatment
Accenta diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Adoa rapid bustling commotion
Affectthe conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
Afflictcause bodily suffering to
Aggressionviolent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
Ambuscadethe act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
Ambushthe act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
Amphibious Attack
Animadversionharsh criticism or disapproval

View all cognitive synonyms for Assault

Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from assault.

Anagram Definition
Assaulta threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped

View English words with the unique letters used in assault. Words With The Letters Alstu

Derives

Assault derives from 4 words.

Word Definition
Assailattack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
Assaulta threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
Attacka decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
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Hypernyms

Assault has 2 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Attacka decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
Attemptthe act of attacking
"attacks on women increased last year"
"they made an attempt on his life"

Hyponyms

There are 2 hyponyms for assault

Word Definition
Batteryan assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
Muggingassault with intent to rob

Words To Word lists That The Word Assault Can Be Found In.

There are 1 lists where other users have said assault applies to.

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word assault.

Is assault a scrabble word or can you use assault in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 771969 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 526869 games. This 7 letter 7 point scrabble word can be rearranged 1,260 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, l, s, t, and u? There's 5 with 9 letters or less with the letters a, l, s, t, and u. Here is a list of 5 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Assault (7 letters) 7 9 aalsstu
Salyut (6 letters) 9 +2 10 +1 salyut
Talus (5 letters) 5 7 sault
Tulsa (5 letters) 5 7 sault
Sault (5 letters) 5 7 sault





     

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