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Is succeed a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word succeed is a Scrabble US word. The word succeed is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is succeed a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word succeed is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1U1C3C3E1E1D2

Is succeed a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word succeed is a Words With Friends word. The word succeed is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

SUCCEED,

6-letter words (3 found)

DEUCES,EDUCES,SEDUCE,

5-letter words (6 found)

CEDES,CUSEC,DEUCE,DUCES,EDUCE,SUEDE,

4-letter words (15 found)

CEDE,CEES,CUDS,CUED,CUES,DEES,DEUS,DUCE,DUES,ECCE,ECUS,SCUD,SEED,SUED,USED,

3-letter words (14 found)

CEE,CUD,CUE,DEE,DUE,ECU,EDS,SEC,SED,SEE,SUD,SUE,UDS,USE,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,EE,ES,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from succeed according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of succeed

succeed

Alternative forms

  • succede (dated)

Etymology

From Old French succeder, from Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səkˈsiːd/
  • Rhymes: -iːd
  • Hyphenation: suc‧ceed

Verb

succeed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)

  1. (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.
  2. (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
    Synonym: take the place of
  3. (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
  4. (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).
    1. (intransitive) To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.
  5. (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.
  6. (intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.
  7. (intransitive, dated) To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).
  8. (transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.
  9. (intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to).
  10. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
  11. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go down or near (with to).

Synonyms

  • (follow in order): come after; see also Thesaurus:succeed
  • (support; prosper; promote): do well, flourish; see also Thesaurus:prosper

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "follow in order"): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede
  • (antonym(s) of "obtain the object desired; accomplish what is attempted or intended"): fail, fall on one's face
  • (antonym(s) of "support; prosper; promote"): fail

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Source: wiktionary.org