The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word USURPED which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2014.
Assumed crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| USURPED | 11 % | 7 |
| TACIT | 11 % | 5 |
| GIVEN | 11 % | 5 |
| TAKEN | 11 % | 5 |
| SUPPOSED | 11 % | 8 |
| ADOPTED | 6 % | 7 |
| TOOKON | 6 % | 6 |
| PUTON | 6 % | 5 |
| HYPOTHETIC | 6 % | 10 |
| POSTULATED | 6 % | 10 |
| ENDUED | 6 % | 6 |
| UNDERTAKEN | 6 % | 10 |
| APRIORI | 6 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Assumed
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- taken
- acknowledged
- pretended
- assumptive
- false
- fictitious
- taken for granted
- fictive
- put on
- counterfeit
- sham
- imitative
Crossword Answer definitions
USURPED verb- To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
- To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
- To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.
- To make use of.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result USURPED
- Taken by force
- Took by force
- Assumed
- Commandeered
- Took over
- Appropriated
- Taken wrong?
- Illegally seized
- Seized, as the throne
- Wrongly assumed
More clues leading to the result TACIT
- Implied
- Kind of approval
- Not spoken
- Unspoken
- Undeclared
- Unexpressed
- Quietly implied
- Understood
- Silent
- Unexpressed yet understood
More clues leading to the result GIVEN
- Donated
- Assumed premise
- Number in a sudoku, e.g.
- Starting number in sudoku
- Assumed
- Presupposition
- Assumption
- Established fact
- Assumed as fact
- Disposed
More clues leading to the result TAKEN
- "The Road Not ___" (Frost poem)
- Spoken for
- Occupied
- "Is that seat ___?"
- In use
- 2008 action film
- Occupied, as a seat
- Captured
- Captured, as prisoners
- Reserved
More clues leading to the result SUPPOSED
More clues leading to the result ADOPTED
- Taken into the clan
- Took for one's own
- Voted to accept
- Like Bill Clinton or, eventually, Oliver Twist
- Accepted by vote
- Took as one's own
- Not biological
- Like many a son or daughter
- Embraced
- Made one's own
More clues leading to the result TOOKON
- Accepted, as work
- Challenged
- Shouldered
- Began to deal with
- Tackled
- Hired
- Assumed
- Accepted, as a job
- Confronted
- Accepted, as a challenge