guess
To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
Verb 4 meanings
To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
“We can only guess at what was going through her mind.”
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
“He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.”
To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
“That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.”
To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
“"I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."”
Noun 1 meaning
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
“If you don't know the answer, take a guess.”
Etymology
From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”).
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GUESS at a glance
GUESS has 5 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (G 2 + U 1 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #661 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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