How to Use guessing game in a Sentence

guessing game

noun
  • That saves you the guessing game.
    — Emily Siner, NPR, 27 June 2026
  • That guessing game isn't an easy one.
    — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • The guessing game doesn’t end there.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The knock method is popular but can be a bit of a guessing game.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Say goodbye to the guessing game and make an informed choice.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
  • As a result, lining up beard trims or side burns is no longer a guessing game.
    — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2023
  • In any case, my guessing game was only okay today, but this was a tricky word.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The first two episodes have already given us plenty of clues to start the guessing game.
    — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2023
  • So, skip the guessing game and ask your team members directly.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
  • The guessing game format sees 22 strangers aim to win prize money.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
  • As always, filming locations for movies can be a bit of a guessing game.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The next guessing game will be which big stars the BBC can attract.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Well this didn’t go so well—certainly not as well as my guessing game yesterday!
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Predicting what celebrities will wear to award shows is always a guessing game.
    — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Well, my guessing game started out fire today and then collapsed into tragedy.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Shine the spotlight on the graduate with a guessing game on who truly knows them the most amongst the guests.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 29 Mar. 2023
  • There are many players in the guessing game, and everyone has a secret that gives them motive.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Your YouTube strategy is a guessing game.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Here's how to eliminate the guessing game and feel confident your chicken is cooked.
    — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Based on the sketching and guessing game, the series will pit two teams led by celebrity captains against each other.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Finding the best deodorants for sensitive skin doesn’t have to be a (smelly) guessing game.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The coming weeks will bring a winnowing of the large field and a guessing game about whether anyone new will enter the field.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In the high-stakes two-person guessing game, players aim to be the first to sink the other’s ships and crash the other’s planes.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But predicting exactly when the changing leaves will peak has always been a bit of a guessing game.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Book Flights Now Knowing when to book your flights has always been a bit of a guessing game.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Yes, contestants return for the season finale for an extra twist on the guessing game.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
  • No casting for the project has been announced — but the guessing game has been under way on who might land the role of Musk in the movie.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Without the Greeks, options trading can become a guessing game.
    — Michael Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • Short of further guidance, applicants are going to find themselves in a guessing game.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • For many communities, water safety is still a guessing game.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026

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