Attacked
8 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
The past tense of attack, meaning to have taken aggressive action against someone or something with physical force or hostile words. To have begun to deal with a problem or task in a determined and vigorous way.
“The cybersecurity team discovered that hackers had attacked their systems overnight.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/əˈtækt/
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Wordle
Contains three vowels (A, A, E) with double T twice; watch for -ED ending
Scrabble
Worth 14 points; excellent for using multiple double T combinations
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