Definition of guessing

"guessing" in the noun sense

1. guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning

an estimate based on little or no information

"guessing" in the verb sense

1. think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess

expect, believe, or suppose

"I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"

"I thought to find her in a bad state"

"he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"

"I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

2. guess, venture, pretend, hazard

put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

"I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"

"I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

3. estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time

"I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

4. guess, infer

guess correctly solve by guessing

"He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

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Quotations for guessing

It doth not yet appear what we shall be. We lie here in our nest, unfledged and weak, guessing dimly at our future, and scarce believing what even now appears. But the power is in us, and that power is finally to be revealed. And what a revelation will that be! [ Horace Bushnell ]

guessing in Scrabble®

The word guessing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters guessing:

GUESSING
(99)
GUESSING
(99)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

seguing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word guessing

GUESSING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In guessing

GUESSING
(99)
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(86 = 36 + 50)
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guessing in Words With Friends™

The word guessing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters guessing:

SEGUING
(98 = 63 + 35)
SEGUING
(98 = 63 + 35)
SEGUING
(98 = 63 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

seguing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word guessing

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In guessing

SEGUING
(98 = 63 + 35)
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(98 = 63 + 35)
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Words within the letters of guessing

2 letter words in guessing (6 words)

3 letter words in guessing (13 words)

4 letter words in guessing (14 words)

5 letter words in guessing (12 words)

6 letter words in guessing (4 words)

7 letter words in guessing (1 word)

8 letter words in guessing (1 word)

guessing + 1 blank (3 words)

guessing + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence guessing

Words that start with guessing (2 words)

Words with guessing in them (1 word)

Words that end with guessing (3 words)

Word Growth involving guessing

Shorter words in guessing

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in sin sing

Longer words containing guessing

guessings

misguessing

outguessing