usage: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with U · ends with E
Meaning of usage
noun
- countable, uncountable
Habit, practice. A custom or established practice.
- uncountable
Habit, practice. Custom, tradition.
- countable, uncountable
Utilization. The act of using something; use, employment.
- countable, uncountable
Utilization. The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.
Example: In descriptive fact, word senses are established by usage.
Listed forms: usages, usuage.
Source: Wiktionary — usage.
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 usage.
noun
the act of using
noun
accepted or habitual practice
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is usage in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of usage
U(1) + S(1) + A(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 6 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 usage
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 usage
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in usage. Showing up to 24, longest first.