wild guesses
Shots in dark
Wild guesses are attempts to answer or estimate something with little or no information to go on.
The wild suggests randomness or recklessness—you're not reasoning toward an answer but throwing one out hoping it lands: I have no idea how old she is, but if I had to take a wild guess, I'd say forty.
Often used with verbs like take or hazard.
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- stabPierce with point
- stab in the darkGuess without basis
- conjecturalBased on incomplete evidence
chance · throwing darts · risk · surmise · hypothesize · ballpark figure · long shot · speculation · leap · leap of faith · recklessness · divination · unpredictability · shot in the dark · trial-and-error · supposition · blurt · potshot
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