A multipiece wear assembly for a digging implement, with said multipiece wear assembly having a longitudinal axis , and comprises: an adapter with a nose portion having a series of exterior surfaces joined to each other and which combine to define a first predetermined configuration for the nose portion of said adapter ; a wear part assembled onto the nose portion of said adapter by relative longitudinal movement, said wear part having top and bottom exterior walls and defines a blind cavity opening to a rear of said wear part , with said blind cavity having a second predetermined configuration defined by a series of interior surfaces which are separated from each other, with the configuration defined by the interior surfaces of said blind cavity being greater than the configuration of the adapter nose portion ;and a securement member insertable between and in bearing contact with an exterior surface of the adapter nose portion and an adjacent interior surface defining the blind cavity in the wear part opposite from said lock such that said securement member positively and releasably maintains the lock in an operative position to releasably maintain said adapter nose portion and wear part in operable combination as long as said securement member is inserted between the wear part and the nose portion of said adapter . characterised by a free-ended lock extending generally normal to the longitudinal axis of said wear assembly and from one of the exterior surfaces on the nose portion of said adapter , with said free-ended lock being formed integral with the nose portion of said adapter and extending into a recess defined by said wear part after said wear part and adapter nose portion are longitudinally assembled in operable combination relative to each other. an adapter with a nose portion having a series of exterior surfaces joined to each other and which combine to define a first predetermined configuration for the nose portion of said adapter ; a wear part assembled onto the nose portion of said adapter by relative longitudinal movement, said wear part having top and bottom exterior walls and defines a blind cavity opening to a rear of said wear part , with said blind cavity having a second predetermined configuration defined by a series of interior surfaces which are separated from each other, with the configuration defined by the interior surfaces of said blind cavity being greater than the configuration of the adapter nose portion ;and a securement member insertable between and in bearing contact with an exterior surface of the adapter nose portion and an adjacent interior surface defining the blind cavity in the wear part opposite from said lock such that said securement member positively and releasably maintains the lock in an operative position to releasably maintain said adapter nose portion and wear part in operable combination as long as said securement member is inserted between the wear part and the nose portion of said adapter . characterised by a free-ended lock extending generally normal to the longitudinal axis of said wear assembly and from one of the exterior surfaces on the nose portion of said adapter , with said free-ended lock being formed integral with the nose portion of said adapter and extending into a recess defined by said wear part after said wear part and adapter nose portion are longitudinally assembled in operable combination relative to each other. <EOS>