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substitute

noun: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

noun: an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

noun: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"

verb: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

verb: be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"

verb: act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

adj: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"

adj: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"

adj: artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"


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substitute

Length: 10 letters

Scrabble value: 12

Words with Friends value: 15

Literati value: 11

TWL (USA): Found

SOWPODS (UK): Found


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