guess: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with G · ends with S
Meaning of guess
verb
To 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.
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
Example: He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
Example: That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
- colloquial
To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
Example: "I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."
Listed forms: guesses, guessing, guessed, glossary, guessest.
Source: Wiktionary — guess.
noun
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
Example: If you don't know the answer, take a guess.
Listed forms: guesses.
Source: Wiktionary — guess.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for guess.
noun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
noun
an estimate based on little or no information
verb
expect, believe, or suppose
verb
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is guess in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of guess
G(2) + U(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of guess
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from guess
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in guess. Showing up to 24, longest first.