conjecture
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When conjecture helps
Base Score
10
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
8
C E J N O R T U
Two-Letter Start
CO
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
RE
Check this pattern late
- 10 letters
- 8 unique letters
- CO start
- RE ending
- repeated letters
- outside standard hive
Try it when
- conjecture uses 8 unique letters, so it cannot fit a standard seven-letter hive.
Pronunciation
noun
A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.
"I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not."
noun
A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.
"The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment."
noun
(philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.
noun
Interpretation of signs and omens.
verb
To guess; to venture an unproven idea.
"I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here."
verb
To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.
Related Words
Same Letters
- conjecturer
- conjuncture
Synonyms
- halseny