outguess

verb

1. (transitive)To beat through accurate anticipation of someone's plans and actions.

   “He outguessed, outscored, and outguarded the Tiger, though the latter in a guard position showed that he was a real basketball man.”

   “Switching on “Jeopardy,” she simultaneously, talks to her baby, pages through the paper, and outguesses the TV contestants.”

   “It has been the dream of socialist governments to outguess markets by investing in winning industries that would provide the wherewithal to support their social welfare programs.”

   “Money managers who play down currencies tend to argue that outguessing foreign exchange markets in the short term is perilous, and that, over the long haul, shifts in currency values tend to offset one another.”

   “Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon "Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold."”