theory

1. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment: staked out the house on the theory that criminals usually return to the scene of the crime.

2. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

3. A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.

4. Abstract reasoning; speculation: a decision based on experience rather than theory.

5. An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
theory	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
throe	8
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
theory	12