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USURP
Definition of USURP
verb
To 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).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, USURP · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
USURP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 180 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
USURP starts with U and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read PRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start USURP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found USURP?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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