The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WRESTS , but the solution may also be SEIZES which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in Newsday).
Usurps crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WRESTS | 50 % | 6 |
| SEIZES | 17 % | 6 |
| UNSEATS | 17 % | 7 |
| SUPPLANTS | 17 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Usurps
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- arrogate
- take over
- assume
- assumes
- subverts
- wrests
- relinquishes
- preempts
- supplants
- tramples
- disregards
- abrogates
Crossword Answer definitions
WRESTS verb- 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.
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 WRESTS
- Pulls away
- Yanks (from)
- Takes by force
- Takes from
- Takes away by force
- Takes hold of
- Jerks
- Takes using force
- Tears (away) from
- Forcibly removes
More clues leading to the result SEIZES
- Grabs
- Grabs hold of
- Gets one's hands on
- Appropriates
- Commandeers
- Snatches
- Takes by force
- Captures
- Suddenly stops working, with "up"
- Confiscates
More clues leading to the result UNSEATS
- Ousts, in a way
- Votes out of office
- Defeats, as an incumbent
- Beats, as an incumbent
- Dethrones
- Ousts from office
- Bests, as an incumbent
- Chairs in the General Assembly?
- Deposes.
- Deprives of place in a legislative body.