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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Law Professor Sonia Gipson Rankin argues that Michigan citizens accused of welfare fraud found themselves in a guessing game of who is liable -was it the unemployment agency, technology vendors or management consultants?
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Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Apparel could learn to treat inventory less like a guessing game and more like a live operating system.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 7 July 2025
This season, though, the panelists are joined by Detective Lucky Duck, who is slated to assist in the musical guessing game.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The estimate generated a storm of media attention, and the board responded by refusing to put firm numbers on potential price effects, thus creating a guessing game that will end only when the mandate takes effect.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
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Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Apparel could learn to treat inventory less like a guessing game and more like a live operating system.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 7 July 2025
This season, though, the panelists are joined by Detective Lucky Duck, who is slated to assist in the musical guessing game.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The estimate generated a storm of media attention, and the board responded by refusing to put firm numbers on potential price effects, thus creating a guessing game that will end only when the mandate takes effect.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 26 June 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 Jul. 2025.
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