Definitions for guess

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Spelling: [ges]

IPA: /gɛs/

Guess is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in guess (egssu).

Definitions for guess

noun

1. an opinion that one reaches or to which one commits oneself on the basis of probability alone or in the absence of any evidence whatever.
2. the act of forming such an opinion:

Idioms

1. by guess and by gosh, Northern U.S. using a combination of guesswork and reliance on luck; hit or miss. Also, by guess and by golly.

verb (used with object)

1. to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully:
2. to estimate or conjecture about correctly:
3. to think, believe, or suppose:

verb (used without object)

1. to form an estimate or conjecture (often followed by at or about):
2. to estimate or conjecture correctly.

Origin of guess

1300-50; (v.) Middle English gessen, perhaps Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian gissa, Middle Low German gissen, Middle Dutch gessen, Old Norse geta; (noun) Middle English gesse

Examples for guess

As Randy wrote, “I guess this speaks to the church not really having a place for gay people so getting married is still implicit.”

I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.

You may guess what your father's first question on his return will be.

Internecine destruction probably has a meaning we can only guess at.

There you will guess how the greatest part of the hour was employed.

Haha, what a sad thing to be great at, but yeah, I guess I am.

I guess so,' says he, and then he turned and went off to bed.

The consonants were reproduced but the reader was forced to guess at the vowels.

And then I got on a plane, and guess what was playing: I Never Sang for My Father.

“I guess it was their first incident where they lose a plane,” said Dobersberger, the travel agent.