guess
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
Example:
We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
- nounA prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
Example:
If you don't know the answer, take a guess.
- verbTo solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
Example:
He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #102 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 21% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: s