succeed: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with S · ends with D
Meaning of succeed
verb
- transitive
To follow something in sequence or time.
Example: Autumn succeeds summer.
- transitive
To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.
Example: The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.
- intransitive
To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to).
- 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).
Example: Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne.
Listed forms: succeeds, succeeding, succeeded, succede.
Source: Wiktionary — succeed.
verb
- alt-of, misconstruction
Misconstruction of secede.
Base or related entry: secede.
Listed forms: succede.
Source: Wiktionary — succeed.
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 succeed.
verb
attain success or reach a desired goal
- win
- come through
- bring home the bacon
- deliver the goods
verb
be the successor (of)
- come after
- follow
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is succeed in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of succeed
S(1) + U(1) + C(3) + C(3) + E(1) + E(1) + D(2) = 12 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 succeed
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 succeed
34 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in succeed. Showing up to 24, longest first.