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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His approach made the reconstruction of myth seem less like a guessing game and more like real historical work.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
In the show, which Lincoln Hiatt and Andrew Golder created, contestants are confined to isolation pods with no sense of day or night, no human contact and no alliances – somewhat against the grain of the current spate of guessing game formats that require contestants to form pacts.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Protecting your home while ensuring a return on your investment shouldn’t be a guessing game.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
For the past three seasons, the show has been set at an actual Four Seasons and with news that series creator Mike White has been scouting locations in France, the hotel guessing game has already begun.
—Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
In the show, which Lincoln Hiatt and Andrew Golder created, contestants are confined to isolation pods with no sense of day or night, no human contact and no alliances – somewhat against the grain of the current spate of guessing game formats that require contestants to form pacts.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Protecting your home while ensuring a return on your investment shouldn’t be a guessing game.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
For the past three seasons, the show has been set at an actual Four Seasons and with news that series creator Mike White has been scouting locations in France, the hotel guessing game has already begun.
—Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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 19 Oct. 2025.
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