Clues for the word "WISE"
We've had 141 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 418 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 11, 2026.
Definition of wise
- v. - Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
- v. - Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
- v. - Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
- v. - Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
- v. - Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.
- v. - Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.
Referring Clues
- Sassy
- Like Solomon
- Chip maker
- Judicious
- Sage
- Pansophic
- Smart-alecky
- Saucy
- All-knowing
- Cheeky
- Sensible
- Knowing
- Solomonlike
- Hip
- Smart-mouthed
- Sobriquet for Charles V, with "the"
- Impudent
- Fresh
- Learned
- ___ as an owl
- Oracular
- Owlish?
- Like the Magi
- Erudite
- Prudent
- Like one with gray hair, perhaps
- Become aware, with "up"
- Discerning
- Far from foolish
- Like an oracle
- Become informed, with "up"
- Solomonic
- Sagacious
- Clock attachment?
- Lead-in for acre or cracker
- ___ as an owl
- Cogent
- Like Confucius
- Healthy, wealthy follower
- Far from dim-witted
- Not born yesterday
- Healthy, wealthy partner
- Catch on (with "up")
- Full of good advice
- Like an owl
- Suffix with "clock" or "street"
- Word with clock or penny
- Clock or penny attachment
- Word with clock or side
- Reasonable
- With 8-Across, Sonia Sotomayor, self-professedly
- Catch on (with "up")
- Experienced and thoughtful
- Like the "guys" in a Piscopo film
- In the know
- Intelligent
- Sapient
- Knowledgeable and experienced
- Advisable
- Snack brand with an owl logo
- Advisable
- Profound
- Like an owl, proverbially
- "Healthy, wealthy" follower
- Knowledgeabe
- Impertinent, in slang
- Very knowledgeable
- Adjective for an oracle
- Like Athena
- One way to crack
- Like a guru
- Perspicacious
- Not foolish
- Smart
- Like Yoda
- Snack brand with an owl's-eye logo
- Brand with an owl's-eye logo
- Like Solomon or Yoda
- Not easily duped
- Insightful
- Far from naive
- Like Yoda or Confucius
- Three ___ Men
- Clever
- Full of smarts
- "... healthy, wealthy and ___"
- "A ___ Old Owl"
- "Old and ___" Alan Parsons Project
- Knowing Shannon Noll song?
- In certain ways, I'm shrewd
- It would be prudent to read the letters aloud
- See 9
- Sage nonsensically contradicting Kipling?
- See 27
- In the know, I seem to be knowing
- Magi modifier
- It's sensible if one direction is the opposite direction
- Full of wisdom
- Royal I spotted around is showing good judgment
- Sensible letters read out
- Like 40-Across
- Like an owl, it's said
- Sharp-witted
- Madison Ave. suffix
- "A word to the ___ is sufficient"
- In more ways than one, I'm clued up
- Smartly discerning
- Like sages
- Like an owl, supposedly
- I sew in commendable style
- In more ways than one, I appear sensible
- Knowledgeable
- Full of sass
- Shrewd in the old way
- Crack ___
- Partner of healthy and wealthy
- Big name in chips
- Full of good sense
- On (to)
- Smart, or just smart-mouthed
- As ___ as an owl
- With keen insight
- Sound of judgment
- Showing good judgment
- Having a lot of life experience, maybe
- "Word to the ___ ..."
- Three ___ Men (biblical trio)
- Like an owl, in a simile
- 100-year-old chip brand
- Sagelike
- Well-suited to be a mentor
- Kid-lit writer Margaret ___ Brown
- Clever and making outstanding decisions
- ___ up (become informed)
- Showing solid judgment
- "The Runaway Bunny" writer Margaret ___ Brown
- Sage, or smart-alecky
- Full of sage advice
- Like Solomon, famously
- Hip (to)
- Owlish, in a way
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 11, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - January 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 14, 2025
- Daily American - December 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 10, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 31, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 24, 2025
- New York Times - May 30, 2025
- LA Times - May 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 18, 2025
- New York Times - April 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 25, 2025
- Daily American - February 25, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 20, 2025
- New York Times - February 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 10, 2025
- USA Today - January 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 14, 2025
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