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outsmart

verb

Outsmart commonly means to beat through cleverness and wit or defeat by more skillful maneuvering.

2 meanings8 lettersScrabble 10

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

ART

Difficulty

Hard

Dictionary

What Does “OUTSMART” Mean?

outsmart has 2 documented senses across verb.

Verb

2 senses

beat through cleverness and wit

“I beat the traffic”

“She outfoxed her competitors”

“Sam cannot outsmart Sue”

Synonyms

outwit overreach outfox beat circumvent

defeat by more skillful maneuvering

“The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans”

“My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations”

“The fighter managed to outsmart his opponent”

Synonyms

outmaneuver outmanoeuvre

Synonyms for OUTSMART

outwit overreach outfox beat circumvent outmaneuver outmanoeuvre

Scrabble Score

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word outsmart with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

beat through cleverness and wit

Length

8 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

O, U, T, S, M, A, R, T

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for outsmart.

OUTSMART is a 8-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 10.

It starts with O and ends with T.

It contains 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 38%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDEFGC.

Vowel/consonant pattern: VVCCCVCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using outsmart in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

OUTSMART has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

OUTSMART is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

OUTSMART can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

OUTSMART contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside outsmart.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDEFGC

CV Pattern

VVCCCVCC

Vowel Share

38%

Consonant Share

62%

Bigrams

OU, UT, TS, SM, MA, AR, RT

Trigrams

OUT, UTS, TSM, SMA, MAR, ART

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for outsmart.

OUTSMART is a 8-letter longer themed answer.

It starts with O and ends with T, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is VVCCCVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.