What it means
- (noun) Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess. “surmises of jealousy or of envy”
- (noun) Reflection; thought; posit.
- (verb) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
Letter analysis
- Surmises contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Sub-words
- misuses
- mussier
- surmise
- issues
- misers
- misses
- misuse
- musses
- remiss
- serums
- emirs
- issue
- mires
- miser
- muses
- rimes
- rises
- ruses
- semis
- serum
- sires
- sises
- users
- emir
- emus
- isms
- mess
- mire
- miss
- muse
- muss
- reis
- rime
- rims
- rise
- rues
- rums
- ruse
- semi
- sims
- sire
- sirs
- sues
- sums
- sure
- user
- uses
- ems
- emu
- ire
- ism
- mes
- rim
- rue
- rum
- sim
- sir
- sis
- sue
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- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
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Words starting with SUR
- surcease
- surceased
- surceases
- surceasing
- surcharge
- surcharged
- surcharges
- surcharging
- sure
- surefire
- surefooted
- surely
- sureness
- surer
- surest
- sureties
- surety
- surf
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Words ending with SES
Common questions
What does Surmises mean?
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
How many letters are in Surmises?
Surmises has 8 letters.
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