Attack
The crossword clue "Attack" is answered by BESET, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BESET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BESET answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BESET
Every other clue in this collection answered by BESET, most used first.
- Plague - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Harass - used 64 times, most recently in 2020
- Attack from all sides - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Under siege - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Assail - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Hem in - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Under attack - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Surround - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
- Trouble - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Surrounded - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Assailed - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Attack on all sides - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Attacked on all sides - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Hemmed in - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Harried - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Assailed on all sides - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Plagued (by) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Trouble persistently - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Plagued - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Prolonged attack - SIEGE, used 122 times
- Attack - SETAT, used 92 times
- Attack - SETON, used 78 times
- Allow to attack - LETAT, used 31 times
- Attack - ONSET, used 29 times
- Bee's attack - STING, used 21 times
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