A stab in the light.
Educated guess.
A theory.
Hypothesis
A theory.
An educated guess is a theory or hypothesis. Not accurate, based only on the information available.
An educated guess is one based on some amount of information. If you have no information you are guessing. If you have some information but not enough to know the answer, you can use the information you have to make an "educated guess." If you have enough information to know the answer then you aren't guessing at all. In the science field, some call a hypothesis an educated guess.
an educated guess about a possible solution to a mystery or problem is a theory.>>> hope this helps .
Hypothesis or a scientific theory.
An explanation from observations and experiments
In mathematics, it is often useful to make an educated guess when working on the solution to a problem. This is called an estimate.
Conjecture
A hypothesis is an educated guess on what a person may believe to happen based on logic and information given.