occupy: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 15 letter points · starts with O · ends with Y
Meaning of occupy
verb
- transitive
To take or use. To fill.
Example: The film occupied three hours of my time.
- transitive
To take or use. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
Example: The film occupied me for three hours.
- transitive
To take or use. To fill or hold (an official position or role).
Example: I occupy the post of deputy cat catcher.
- transitive
To take or use. To hold the attention of.
Example: I occupied her friend while he made his proposal.
Listed forms: occupies, occupying, occupied, glossary, occupiest.
Source: Wiktionary — occupy.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for occupy.
verb
keep busy with
verb
live (in a certain place)
- reside
- lodge in
verb
occupy the whole of
verb
be on the mind of
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is occupy in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of occupy
O(1) + C(3) + C(3) + U(1) + P(3) + Y(4) = 15 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of occupy
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from occupy
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in occupy. Showing up to 24, longest first.