guessing game

noun

: a game in which the player has to correctly guess the answer

—often used figuratively

Making a diagnosis in such cases can be a real guessing game.

Reporters continue to play a guessing game as they wait to hear her final decision.

Examples of guessing game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Treasury yields are at their highest since 2007, and as oil creeps higher on the Iran standoff, investors find themselves in yet another guessing game. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

After years of speculation, the Bond search is finally starting to look less like a guessing game and more like an actual casting process. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026

Whether Portland has the necessary cap space to re-sign Wilson while retaining other key players is, at best, a guessing game. — Karan Lodha, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Presumably, though, his job is something of a morbid guessing game, like prewriting obituaries. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

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