What USURP Means
- verb: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession“He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town”
- verb: take the place of“gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
USURP is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as U1 S1 U1 R1 P3.
Words Made From The Letters In USURP
13 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (4)
3 letter words (6)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing USURP
USURP appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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