Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 23 compound words that contain guess. The most common are listed below. Open guess in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- guess whatUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see guess, what.
- second guessAlternative form of second-guess.
- Guess Who
- guess the verbThe undesirable situation, in a multi-user dungeon or interactive fiction, where the player wishes to perform an action but is unable to express it as a command that the system understands.
- educated guessA well-informed guess or estimate based on experience or theoretical knowledge.
- wild guessA guess that is not based on any evidence, knowledge, or experience.
- take a guessTo guess.
- hazard a guessTo make a guess; to guess.
- guess cakeA cake used in a fundraising game, in which individuals pay money to guess the weight of a cake (or, in other versions, to guess the identity of an object baked into the cake), with the cake going to the winner.
- guess-workAlternative form of guesswork: An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
- out-guessAlternative form of outguess: To beat through accurate anticipation of someone's plans and actions.
- anyone's guessA mystery; something unknown or unpredictable.
- intelligent guessSynonym of educated guess: A well-informed guess or estimate based on experience or theoretical knowledge.
- uneducated guessAn arbitrary estimate or judgment made without sufficient knowledge, information, or expertise on the subject matter.
- anybody's guessSynonym of anyone's guess: A mystery; something unknown or unpredictable.
- miss one's guessTo be incorrect in one's assumption.
- your guess is as good as mineI don't know; I have no idea.
- hazards a guessthird-person singular simple present indicative of hazard a guess: To make a guess; to guess.
- stab a guessSynonym of take a guess: To guess.
- stabbed a guesssimple past and past participle of stab a guess
- stabbing a guesspresent participle and gerund of stab a guess
- stabs a guessthird-person singular simple present indicative of stab a guess: To guess.
- hazarded a guesssimple past and past participle of hazard a guess
- hazarding a guesspresent participle and gerund of hazard a guess
- missed one's guesssimple past and past participle of miss one's guess
Compound words 23
- guessworkAn estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
- guesstimateAn estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
- guesserA person who guesses; especially someone who can make a reasonable prediction from little evidence.
- guestimateAlternative spelling of guesstimate: An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
- foreguessTo guess beforehand.
- guesstimationAn estimation made without good justification and often biased.
- underguessTo make a guess that is too small; to underestimate.
- guessabilityThe quality of being guessable.
- unguessabilityThe quality of being unguessable.
- guessiveconjectural