My comments:
A guess is a rough estimation, an attempt to answer a question or make a judgment about something without having all the necessary facts, so that you’re not sure whether you’re correct.
In other words, a conjecture.
Wild guess?
Hence a wild guess sounds even more out of control, crazy, suggesting you’re making a guess without careful consideration of the matter at all.
This is just my wild guess – maybe it was the rain. Blame it on rain.
Just kidding.
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