Attack by plane
The crossword clue "Attack by plane" is answered by STRAFE, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STRAFE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRAFE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STRAFE
Every other clue in this collection answered by STRAFE, most used first.
- Attack from the air - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- Attack from above - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Rake with gunfire - used 6 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.
- Attack - ASSAIL, used 90 times
- Fly a plane - AVIATE, used 55 times
- Attack - HAVEAT, used 27 times
- Attack vigorously - ASSAIL, used 27 times
- Surprise attack - AMBUSH, used 27 times
- Attack violently - ASSAIL, used 17 times
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