aggress

Verb

Verb Forms: aggressed, aggressing, aggresses

To start a fight or make an unprovoked attack.
take the initiative and go on the offensive
To set upon; to attack.
To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with someone; to make an attack against someone.

Noun

Aggression.

Examples

The only way to win was to aggress with a bold play on the triple word score.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin aggressum, past participle of aggredi (“to attack, assail, approach, go to”), from ad (“to”) + gradi (“to walk, go”), from gradus (“step”); see grade.

Synonyms

attack

Scrabble Score: 9

aggress: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
aggress: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aggress: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

aggress: valid Words With Friends Word