usurp
verb
Meaning
- verbTo seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
- verbTo take the place of someone or something else; to supplant.
- verbTo make use of.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #2,036 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 10% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: u