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WISEACRE
Definition of WISEACRE
noun
One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, wīzago (“wise man, prophet, soothsayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō (“wise one; prophet”). Cognate with Old English wītga (“wise man, prophet”). See also German Weissager (“soothsayer, seer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WISEACRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WISEACRE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WISEAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found WISEACRE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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