Speculate
The crossword clue "Speculate" is answered by GUESS, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GUESS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GUESS answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- THEORIZE (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for GUESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by GUESS, most used first.
- Conjecture - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Shot in the dark - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Surmise - used 24 times, most recently in 2015
- Estimate - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Stab - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Suppose - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Take a stab - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Uncertain answer - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Speculate - OPINE, used 25 times
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