The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WREST , but the solution may also be GRAB which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Usurp crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WREST | 33 % | 5 |
| ARROGATE | 29 % | 8 |
| ASSUME | 10 % | 6 |
| COOPT | 10 % | 5 |
| TAKE | 5 % | 4 |
| SEIZE | 5 % | 5 |
| TAKEOVER | 5 % | 8 |
| GRAB | 5 % | 4 |
Why may GRAB be the right solution?
The word "usurp" means to seize or take over someone's position or power without authority. The word "grab" also means to seize or take hold of something quickly and forcefully. Therefore, "grab" is the right solution because it captures the essence of seizing or taking over, which is what "usurp" means.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Usurp
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- arrogate
- take over
- assume
- encroach
- expropriate
- steal
- rob
- hijack
- deprive
- evict
- seize
- infringe
Crossword Answer definitions
WREST noun- The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
- A key to tune a stringed instrument.
- Active or motive power.
- Short for saw wrest; a saw set.
- To pull or twist violently.
- To obtain by pulling or violent force.
- To seize.
- To distort, to pervert, to twist.
- To tune with a wrest, or key.
- A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.
- A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing out the furrow; the mouldboard itself.
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 WREST
- Take forcefully
- Take by force
- Pull (from)
- Forcibly take
- Appropriate by force
- Yank away
- Take away
- Take away forcibly
- Seize by force
- Seize forcibly
More clues leading to the result ARROGATE
- Claim without warrant
- Usurp.
- Assume undue authority.
- Claim without right.
- Seize without right.
- Claim unfairly.
- Seize
- Lay claim to
- Usurp
More clues leading to the result ASSUME
- Adopt
- Take for granted
- Take on, as a mortgage
- Postulate
- Adopt, as a manner
- Take on, as a role
- Take over
- Take on
- Take on, as a responsibility
- Take
More clues leading to the result COOPT
- Take for one's own use
- Assimilate
- Lure into joining
- Appropriate
- Subsume into a larger group
- Take over to use as one's own
- Take over
- Use for one's own purposes
- Take over as one's own
- Claim eminent domain
More clues leading to the result TAKE
- On the ____ (accepting bribes)
- Gate receipts
- Give's partner
- Ingest, as medicine
- "____this Job and Shove It"
- "___my wife. Please."
- Accept
- Accept uncomplainingly
- Pickings
- On the __ (accepting bribes)
More clues leading to the result SEIZE
- Take forcibly
- Afflict suddenly
- Grab
- Grasp forcibly
- Capture
- Apprehend
- Appropriate
- Take by force
- Confiscate
- Take control of
More clues leading to the result TAKEOVER
- Become the boss
- Raider's strategy
- Corporate acquisition
- It may be hostile
- Assume command
- Seize control
- Acquisition
- Assume control.
- Military coup: Colloq.
- Commandeer.