Speculative
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

BAD
Nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"

4 letters

IFFY
Subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"

PURE
(of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black

TEST
Achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"

MOOT
A hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"

5 letters

SOBER
Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

IDEAL
The idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

DICEY
Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker

RISKY
Not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"

6 letters

NOETIC
Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

MUSING
Deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";

MENTAL
Affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient"; "mental illness"

CLOSET
A small private room for study or prayer

CHANCY
Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker

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WISTFUL
Showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

WILDCAT
Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

THOUGHT
The process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

SUSPECT
A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

PURPORT
The intended meaning of a communication

SERIOUS
Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

RISKFUL

DUBIOUS
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

INDOUBT

MUSEFUL

ATISSUE

CURIOUS
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

8 letters

ALEATORY
Dependent on chance; "the aleatory element in life"

NOTIONAL
Being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"

HIGHRISK

UNTESTED
Not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"

UNPROVEN
Not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"

UNPROVED
Not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"

THINKING
The process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

SUPPOSED
Required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store"

RUMINANT
Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

RATIONAL
An integer or a fraction

IDEATIVE

DENIABLE
Capable of being denied or contradicted

DOUBTFUL
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

ARMCHAIR
Chair with a support on each side for arms

ARGUABLE
Capable of being supported by argument

ACADEMIC
An educator who works at a college or university

ABSTRACT
A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

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UNCERTAIN
Not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain"

TENTATIVE
Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

VENTUROUS
Disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"

REFUTABLE
Able to be refuted

PONDERING
Deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";

INDISPUTE

INQUIRING
Given to inquiry; "an inquiring mind"

IDEALIZED
Exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence

HAZARDOUS
Involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

DEDUCTIVE
Involving inferences from general principles

DEDUCTIVE
Involving inferences from general principles

DEBATABLE
Open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"

DUBITABLE
Open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney

DOUBTABLE

COGNITIVE
Of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"

VISIONARY
A person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

WONDERING
Showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"

10 letters

THOUGHTFUL
Considerate of the feelings or well-being of others

SUSPICIOUS
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

RUMINATIVE
Deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";

RUMINATING

REFLECTIVE
Capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface"

REFLECTING
Causing reflection or having a device that reflects; "a reflecting microscope"

MISTAKABLE
So similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"

PREHENSIVE

MEDITATIVE
Deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";

MEDITATING

INQUESTION
Open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney

IDEATIONAL
Being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"

IDEALISTIC
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

FULLOFRISK

GROUNDLESS
Without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

HYPOTHETIC
Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"

DISPUTABLE
Capable of being disproved

CONCEPTUAL
Being or characterized by concepts or their formation; "conceptual discussions"; "the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking"; "sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category"

CONFUTABLE
Able to be refuted

CONCEPTIVE
Capable of conceiving

COGITATIVE
Of or relating to having capacities for cogitation; "the cogitative faculty"

ANALYTICAL
Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind"

UNRELIABLE
Liable to be erroneous or misleading; "an undependable generalization"

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CONJECTURAL
Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"

VENTURESOME
Disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"

UNREALISTIC
Not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels"

UNPRACTICAL

THEORETICAL
Concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics"

SUPPOSITIVE

PROBLEMATIC
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

POSTULATORY

POSTULATORY

IMPRACTICAL
Not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"

OPENTODOUBT

CONTESTABLE
Capable of being contested

ADVENTUROUS
Willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"

INQUISITIVE
Showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"

QUESTIONING
Showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"

12 letters

INTELLECTUAL
A person who uses the mind creatively

QUESTIONABLE
Able to be refuted