first guess

Frequency: 6.98.8 per million words

The initial attempt at guessing something.

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Examples (10)

  • My first guess about the password turned out to be correct.
  • What's your first guess as to how many people will attend the event?
  • She wrote down her first guess on the back of the napkin before thinking further.
  • Surprisingly, his wild first guess was the right answer.
  • Don't overthink it; your first guess is often the best.
  • The engineer's first guess for the cause of the failure was a software bug.
  • Although my first guess was wrong, I solved the riddle on my second try.
  • I should have trusted my first guess instead of changing my answer at the last minute.
  • Based on the clues, my first guess is that the missing item is in the library.
  • The teacher asked the students to share their first guess before revealing the solution.