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

The guessing game about who will lead the department in the near future has been fueled at least in part by Raman’s seeming indecisiveness on the matter. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

That clarity is what separates a content calendar from a guessing game. — Tonia Ryan, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

The audience guessing game at the BFI London Film Festival is officially over. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

This could make the search for unusual magnetic materials less of a guessing game. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

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