Wise man

The answer

SAGE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAGE answer page.

Used 42 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SOLON (10 uses in xd)
• NESTOR (6 uses in xd)
• SOLOMON (5 uses in xd)
• MAGUS (3 uses in xd)
• SAVANT (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for SAGE

Every other clue in this collection answered by SAGE, most used first.

• Wise one - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Wise - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Wise guy - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Wise person - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Stuffing herb - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Cooking herb - used 51 times, most recently in 2023
• Judicious - used 26 times, most recently in 2018
• Stuffing seasoning - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Pundit - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Guru - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Herb in stuffing - used 22 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Elevator man - OTIS, used 123 times
• "The Thin Man" dog - ASTA, used 105 times
• Wise ___ owl - ASAN, used 84 times
• ___ of Man - ISLE, used 82 times
• Leading man? - ADAM, used 80 times
• Man, for one - ISLE, used 72 times

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