Definitions
Estimate without being sure
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“We can only guess at what was going through her mind.”
“She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic.”
“He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Answer without knowing”5 letters
02“Offer an uncertain answer”5 letters
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