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wild guess

NOUN
shot in the dark
Synonyms
WEAK
bet chance fall of the cards flip of the coin gamble guess leap in the dark long shot luck of the draw matter of chance outside chance risk risky thing speculation throw of the dice toss of the dice turn of the wheel

Example Sentences

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Do you take a wild guess or ask a person at the gas station and hope the fuel you pick doesn’t damage the engine?

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The nature of the clue made it confounding: The country ended in an “h” so you couldn’t even venture a wild guess.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2022

“That’s a crazy wild guess but it’s what we’ve observed,” Murray said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2021

And it’s a wild guess who he’ll pick, because he apparently hasn’t been talking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2021

If they had merely glimpsed the statue through a car window at sixty miles per hour, they could only have made a wild guess at its authenticity.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell