Less foolish
The crossword clue "Less foolish" is answered by WISER, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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WISER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WISER answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WISER
Every other clue in this collection answered by WISER, most used first.
- More prudent - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- More sensible - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- More sage - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- More sagacious - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Better informed - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- None the ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Older partner? - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Older but ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- Foolish - INANE, used 141 times
- Less friendly - ICIER, used 86 times
- Less risky - SAFER, used 75 times
- Less cordial - ICIER, used 71 times
- More or less - ABOUT, used 62 times
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