Definitions For Speculation

noun

  • Continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
  • A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
  • A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
  • An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
  • Ideas or guesses about something that is not known
  • Activity in which someone buys and sells things (such as stocks or pieces of property) in the hope of making a large profit but with the risk of a large loss

Is Speculation a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
20

The word Speculation is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Speculation in a Sentence

  • He dismissed their theories as mere speculation.
  • The book is just a lot of idle speculation about the future.
  • Her speculations leave many questions unanswered.

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