wild guess

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A guess made without any knowledge or information, likely to be wrong.

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Examples (10)

  • At a wild guess, I'd say there are about 500 people here.
  • He made a wild guess as to how much the piano might cost.
  • I'll take a wild guess and say you're about 25 years old.
  • That's just a wild guess—I have no idea what the answer actually is.
  • If I had to make a wild guess, I'd say the meeting will last two hours.
  • It was a completely wild guess, but somehow I got it right!
  • Without seeing the data, any estimate would be a wild guess.
  • She ventured a wild guess about the population of the city.
  • My wild guess is that they'll arrive sometime after midnight.
  • Don't rely on my answer—it's nothing more than a wild guess.