wiseacre

Noun

A person who pretends to be wise but is actually foolish.
an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart.
A learned or wise man.

Verb

To act like a wiseacre; to wisecrack.

Examples

That WISEACRE kept offering unsolicited advice, but his own Words With Friends score was abysmal.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle Dutch wijssegger (“soothsayer”), from Old High German wīzzago, wīzago (“wise man, prophet, soothsayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō (“wise one; prophet”). Cognate with Old English wītga (“wise man, prophet”). See also German Weissager (“soothsayer, seer”).

Synonyms

smart aleck, weisenheimer, wise guy, wisenheimer, Buddha, clever clogs, clever dick, know-all, know-it-all, smart ass, smarty, smarty pants, wise-ass, wiseacre, wiseass

Scrabble Score: 13

wiseacre: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wiseacre: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wiseacre: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

wiseacre: valid Words With Friends Word