Guess
Pick
Pick verb - To catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use.
How words are described
| good | good guess | good pick |
| safe | safe guess | safe pick |
| best | best guess | best pick |
| common | common guess | common pick |
| Other adjectives: original, free, correct, reasonable, top, popular, little, easy, early, random, next, last, overall. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Word of God stated that they did want the readers to guess that she was pregnant, thinking to pick up the story at a later date.
Source: New Child Left Behind - If you want to guess exactly when a 21 will be rolled, pick the next roll, but if you want to get as close as possible to when the next 21 is rolled, guess 38.
Source: Gambler's Fallacy - Luck-Based Mission: If you are last in the estimated guess game, better hope the other contestants don't pick all the right answers, leaving you with the wrong answer.
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