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ATTACK
Definition of ATTACK
noun
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy. Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakkijan (“to stick, stick to, attach”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Middle English onresen, from Old English onrǣsan (“to attack”); and Middle English resinge (“an assault, attack”) (compare Old English onrǣs (“an attack”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (198)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATTACK · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ATTACK in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 156 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATTACK starts with A and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AACKTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ATTACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found ATTACK?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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