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Word entry · 5 letters

guess

Best crossword clue

"Answer without knowing"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɡɛs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted egssuStarts with GEnds with S2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Answer without knowing5 letters
02Offer an uncertain answer5 letters

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