"guessing game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: guessing games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} guessing game (plural guessing games)
  1. (games) 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. Categories (topical): Games Translations (game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc): arvausleikki (Finnish), Ratespiel [neuter] (German), indovinello [masculine] (Italian), quiz [masculine] (Italian), adivinanzas [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-guessing_game-en-noun-PSpkfxaw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Topics: games Disambiguation of 'game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc': 93 7
  2. (by extension) A situation in which there is insufficient information, requiring participants to rely on conjecture. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-guessing_game-en-noun-9Ph-9PCL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51

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