In a classroom, one student (A) to another (B):
A: I'm surprised! How did you know I wrote it on the board?
(The writing is not on the board now. Maybe someone erased it, but B had already seen it.)
B1: It's pretty simple. Looking at the handwriting, anyone could guess you wrote it. (Guessing in the present)
B2: It's pretty simple. Looking at the handwriting, anyone would guess you wrote it. (Guessing in the present)
B3: It's pretty simple. Looking at the handwriting, anyone could've guessed you wrote it. (Guessing in the past)
B4: It's pretty simple. Looking at the handwriting, anyone would've guessed you wrote it. (Guessing in the past)
Are B1, B2, B3 and B4 idiomatic/correct in the given context?
anyone could guess you wrote it
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Re: anyone could guess you wrote it
Yes, all possible given the appropriate context/background knowledge.