guessing game
Mystery answer activity
A guessing game is any game where players try to identify something unknown—a word, person, object, or number—through questions or clues: Twenty Questions is the classic guessing game.
Figuratively, a guessing game is any situation where you're left to speculate without clear information: The company's plans remain a guessing game.
Wordless guessing game
- twenty questionsBinary-answer guessing game
- hangmanOne who kills condemned
- triviaUnimportant miscellaneous facts
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
catchphrase · balderdash · who am I · password · word association · celebrity · animal vegetable mineral · I spy
Hints toward answers
- hintsIndirect suggestions
- answersReactions to queries
- turnsRotations or chances
- questionsRequests for information
timer · rounds · scoreboard · revelation · surprise · deduction · inference · hunches
Science of valid reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
elimination · pattern recognition · intuition · hypothesis · analysis · critical thinking · mental calculation · risk assessment
Crime fiction identifying perpetrator
- suspectsThinks someone's guilty
- cluesHints toward answers
- secretsConcealed information
- unknownNot yet discovered
detective · investigation · culprit · motive · alibi · hidden identity · imposter · bluffing
charades
Wordless guessing game
- twenty questionsBinary-answer guessing game
- hangmanOne who kills condemned
- triviaUnimportant miscellaneous facts
taboo · catchphrase · balderdash · who am I · password · word association · celebrity · animal vegetable mineral · I spy
clues
Hints toward answers
questions · timer · rounds · scoreboard · revelation · surprise · deduction · inference · hunches · narrowing down
logic
Science of valid reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
reasoning · elimination · pattern recognition · intuition · hypothesis · analysis · critical thinking · mental calculation · risk assessment · bluffing
whodunit
Crime fiction identifying perpetrator
unknown · detective · investigation · culprit · motive · alibi · hidden identity · imposter · bluffing · mafia
participants
Those actively involved
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- teamsOrganized cooperative groups
partners · audience · host · acting · drawing · describing · mimicking · gesturing · laughter · party
- riddlesriddles, riddle, conundrums, conundrum, enigmas
- Quizzesquiz, pop quiz, quiz show, quiz night, quiz bowl
- gamesboard games, card games, video games, chess, party games
- word gamescrossword, Scrabble, crossword puzzle, anagram, anagrams
- penalty kickspenalty kick, penalty spot, spot kick, goalkeeper, save
guessing gamecertainty
Total absence of doubt
known quantity · sure thing · foregone conclusion · given · open book
guessing gamefull disclosure
Withholding no information
open book · plain truth · transparency · cards on the table · plain dealing
guessing gameanswer key
List of correct responses
objective test · standardized test · fill-in-the-blank · calculation
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