The Clue
Kind of guy (4 letter answer)
The Answer
WISE
Tags
Notes
The answer WISE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 190 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cheeky
Fresh
Impudent
Judicious
In the know
Knowing
Learned
Oracular
___ as an owl
Owlish
Owllike
Pansophic
Profound
Sagacious
Sage
Sapient
Sassy
Solomonesque
Solomonic
Acre or crack
All-knowing
Chip maker
Kind of acre
Like Athena
Like Gaspar
Like the Magi
Like Solomon
Rabbi of note
Smart-alecky
Smart-mouthed
___ up (catch on)
One way to crack
Kind of acre or crack
Sobriquet for Charles V, with "the"
"West Side Story" director
Definition
WISE as a noun:
1. a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"
2. (Wise, Stephen Samuel Wise) = United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
3. (Wise, Isaac Mayer Wise) = United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
WISE as an adjective:
1. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"
2. (judicious, wise, heady) = marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"
3. (knowing, wise, wise to) = evidencing the possession of inside information
4. (fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise) = improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"