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guessing game

guessing game noun: any game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc, for which the other player or players provide clues.

Noun

guessing game (plural guessing games)

  1. Any game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc, for which the other player or players provide clues.
    • Similar to The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice makes viewers and judges play a guessing game as to who are good and bad singers based only on sight, while Lotto Singer (or All Together Now, as the UK version is known) makes an almost bingo-like game with a judging panel of 100 people.2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC
  2. (broadly) A situation in which there is insufficient information, requiring participants to rely on conjecture.

Forms of guessing game

pluralguessing games

Questions about guessing game

What does guessing game mean?
Guessing game means any game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc, for which the other player or players provide clues.
What part of speech is guessing game?
Guessing game is a noun.
What is the plural of guessing game?
The plural of guessing game is guessing games.

Words near guessing game in the dictionary

  1. guesses
  2. guessest
  3. guesseth
  4. guessin'
  5. guessing
  6. guessing game
  7. guessing games
  8. guessingly
  9. guessings
  10. guessive
  11. guessless

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