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What is the noun for guessing?

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guesswork
  1. An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Medical experts say a living will is important because it erases guesswork for families if a loved one becomes seriously ill.”
      “Well, that was just guesswork, so I decided to make myself really depressed and run a spreadsheet on it.”
      “In practice this is largely going to be a matter of guesswork though so you can't really plan too deeply.”
guessing
guesser
  1. A person who guesses; especially someone who can make a reasonable prediction from little evidence.
  2. Examples:
    1. “If it can, the guesser indexes the target hard drive and creates a dictionary out of every printable string, including deleted files.”
      “But the guesser couldn't remember off hand just what they did call themselves.”
      “In the event the first prize winner is also the closest with the tiebreaker, out of all the entries, then the runners up prize will go to the next closest guesser.”
guess
  1. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The exact location with respect to where it should stop is just a guess, but I think it is close.”
guessability
  1. The quality of being guessable.
guessworks
guessings
guessers
  1. plural of guesser
guesses
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