Guess
Guess verb - To form an opinion from little or no evidence.
Peg
Peg verb - To arrange or assign according to type.
How words are described
| original | original guess | original peg |
| correct | correct guess | correct peg |
| next | next guess | next peg |
| last | last guess | last peg |
| Other adjectives: previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A colored (often black) key peg is placed for each code peg from the guess which is correct in both color and position.
Source: Tabletop Game / Mastermind - How he got so hideously dismembered (Two hook-hands, two peg-legs, no eyes and no genitals) is anyone's guess.
Source: Comic Book / Just a Pilgrim -
Heckedy Peg, a children's picture book by Audrey and Don Wood, features a unique take on this that's critical to the plot: A witch turns seven children into seven different inanimate food items, and their mother has to guess which child is which in order to rescue them.
Source: Morphic Resonance
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