The term 'perform better than' can be expressed in a variety of ways. Outact (6 letters), OUTPLAY (7 letters), OUTDO (5 letters), OUTSHINE (8 letters), and SURPASS (7 letters) are all crossword solutions that can be used to express this idea. Outact means to do something better than someone else, OUTPLAY means to defeat someone in a game or competition, OUTDO means to do something better than someone else, OUTSHINE means to be more impressive than someone else, and SURPASS means to exceed the expectations of someone else. All of these words imply that one person is doing something better than another person.