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TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of usage

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  usage
      n 1: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic
           drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn:
           {use}, {usage}, {utilization}, {utilisation}, {employment},
           {exercise}]
      2: accepted or habitual practice [syn: {custom}, {usage},
         {usance}]
      3: the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a
         language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage
         borrowed from French"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
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