Attacks
The crossword clue "Attacks" is answered by BESETS, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. 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
BESETS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BESETS answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. 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 BESETS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BESETS, most used first.
- Plagues - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Attacks from all sides - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Assails - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Harasses - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Attacks on all sides - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Hems in - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Attacks - GOESAT, used 32 times
- Attacks - SETSAT, used 26 times
- Prolonged attacks - SIEGES, used 26 times
- Attacks - ONSETS, used 15 times
- Attacks - SETSON, used 13 times
- All-out attacks - SIEGES, used 10 times
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