guess

guess is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
2. transitive verb. To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
3. transitive verb. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
4. transitive verb. To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
5. transitive verb. To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
6. intransitive verb. To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
7. noun. An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.
8. noun. an estimate based on little or no information

   Synonyms: guessing, guesswork, shot

9. noun. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

   Synonyms: conjecture, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise

10. verb. expect, believe, or suppose

    "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"

    "I thought to find her in a bad state"

    Synonyms: imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think

11. verb. guess correctly; solve by guessing

    "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

    Synonyms: infer

12. verb. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

    "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

    Synonyms: approximate, estimate, gauge, judge

13. verb. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

    "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"

    "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

    Synonyms: hazard, pretend, venture

Synonyms

guessing, guesswork, shot, conjecture, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think, infer, approximate, estimate, gauge, judge, hazard, pretend, venture

Common word forms

guessed, guesser, guesses, guessing, guessable

Words from these letters

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