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.
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The show is a culinary guessing game, where bakers must decode and decipher what type of dessert was made after surveying small clues like crumbs and food trails.
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Peter White, Deadline, 4 May 2026
Malone may be aware of the guessing game going on about whether the forthcoming album and tour will lean one musical direction or another.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 May 2026
For many communities, water safety is still a guessing game.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Fans of the guessing game have offered thousands of theories, with guesses from Akita to Shiba Inu and various mixes.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
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Peter White, Deadline, 4 May 2026
Malone may be aware of the guessing game going on about whether the forthcoming album and tour will lean one musical direction or another.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 May 2026
For many communities, water safety is still a guessing game.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Fans of the guessing game have offered thousands of theories, with guesses from Akita to Shiba Inu and various mixes.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for guessing game
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“Guessing game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guessing%20game. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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