Get the better of Crossword Clue

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OUTSMART

(8 letters)

DEFEAT

(6 letters)

ACEOUT

(6 letters)

ONEUP

(5 letters)

OUTWIT

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. be or do something to a greater degree
2. get the better of

Hint 2: Clue Definition

BETTER (adjective)
1. (comparative and superlative of `well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
2. (comparative of `good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
BETTER (adverb)
1. from a position of superiority or authority
BETTER (verb)
1. surpass in excellence
2. get better
BETTER (noun)
1. someone who bets
2. a superior person having claim to precedence

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

OUTSMART
(8 letters)
DEFEAT
(6 letters)
ACEOUT
(6 letters)
ONEUP
(5 letters)
OUTWIT
(6 letters)

More Missing Letter Crossword (5/11/2025) Answers

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18. PREPOSITION: "used as a function word to indicate entry"

19. NOUN: "an extraordinary one of its kind"

20. NOUN: "a thing [achieved] and presumably irreversible"

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32. Foxx or Farr

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36. Gobbled up

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Down

1. First letter of the Arabic alphabet

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5. "My Friend ___" (1943 Western)

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11. VERB: "to make the throat noise of a cow"

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13. Cloud's home

21. Farm measurement

22. Skirt feature

25. Shower feature

27. Unfair attack

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30. NOUN: "an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech"

31. ADVERB: "by, of, or in itself"

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