Clues for the word "OUTWIT"
We've had 39 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 50 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Sunday crossword on November 30, 2025.
Definition of outwit
- v. t. - To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.
- n. - The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit.
Referring Clues
- Steal a march on
- Think faster than
- Best in mental combat
- First word in the "Survivor" mantra
- Prove shrewder than
- Word in the "Survivor" motto
- Prove more cunning than
- One of the goals of a "Survivor"
- Circumvent
- Surpass in cunning
- Best in calculating?
- Deceive
- Put one over on
- Be cleverer than
- Get the better of
- Stay one step ahead of
- Finesse
- Defeat through better thinking
- Surpass in cleverness
- Surpass in smarts
- Outsmart
- Be more clever than a chump at Oxford University?
- Get the better of the fool among us? That's not right
- Mentally get the better of
- Get the better of by cunning
- Be more ingenious than blooming joker
- Defeat by ingenuity
- Defeat by superior ingenuity
- Get the better of fool attending institution for mature students
- Get the better of the twerp from Balliol, say
- Best in mental competition
- Be smarter than
- Be more clever than a chump at Oxford University?
- Cunningly defeat without being heartless, having switched halves
- Defeat in a mental battle
- Get the better of mentally
- Dupe
- Think one step ahead of
- First word of the "Survivor" slogan
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Sunday - November 30, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - May 25, 2025
- USA Today - March 02, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 23, 2024
- LA Times - April 26, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 23, 2023
- New York Times - July 11, 2023
- LA Times - May 03, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 10, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 23, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - September 01, 2022
- Netword - January 21, 2018
- Daily Cryptic - November 23, 2017
- Mirror Quick - November 05, 2017
- Netword - July 30, 2017
- Universal - July 04, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - September 27, 2016
- LA Times - June 23, 2016
- Guardian Speedy - March 27, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - March 18, 2016
- Guardian Prize - July 05, 2014
- Universal - February 16, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - February 04, 2013
- Netword - October 27, 2012
- LA Times - October 21, 2012
- Guardian Quiptic - July 02, 2012
- Guardian Quick - April 19, 2012
- Guardian Quick - March 30, 2011
- New York Times - March 25, 2011
- And in 20 more crossword puzzles...