outwit

outwit is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.
2. noun. The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit.
3. verb. beat through cleverness and wit

   "I beat the traffic"

   "She outfoxed her competitors"

   Synonyms: beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, overreach

Synonyms

beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, overreach

Common word forms

outwits, outwitted, outwitter, outwitting

Words from these letters

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