Guesser's phrase

The answer

ORSO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORSO answer page.

Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 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.

• IDSAY (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ORSO

Every other clue in this collection answered by ORSO, most used first.

• Approximately - used 489 times, most recently in 2026
• Roughly - used 259 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ish" - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Thereabouts - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• About - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Words of approximation - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Guesstimate phrase - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
• Guesstimate words - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Guesser's words - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Approximately (2 wds.) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Roughly speaking - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "... ___ I'm told" - used 22 times, most recently in 2018
• Estimator's words - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Estimator's phrase - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Estimate phrase - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ it seems" - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Around - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Estimate words - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Give or take - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Approximating phrase - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Just about - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Maybe more, maybe less - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• In the neighborhood of - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Thereabout - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Words of estimation - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Approximation words - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Inexact words - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Phrase of approximation - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "... ___ they say" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Words after an estimate - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Approximating words - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Ballpark phrase - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• ". . . in that range" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Jazz phrase - RIFF, used 51 times
• Memo phrase - INRE, used 51 times
• Analogy phrase - ISTO, used 47 times
• Phrase of understanding - ISEE, used 47 times
• Ratio phrase - ISTO, used 46 times
• Treater's phrase - ONME, used 38 times

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