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heuristic

a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation

Synonyms:

• analytic,
• cut-and-try,
• empirical,
• examinational,
• examinatorial,
• examining,
• experimental,
• explorational,
• explorative,
• exploratory,
• fact-finding,
• feeling,
• groping,
• hit-or-miss,
• indagative,
• inspectional,
• inspectorial,
• investigational,
• investigative,
• investigatory,
• pilot,
• probationary,
• probative,
• probatory,
• proving,
• provisional,
• tentative,
• test,
• testing,
• trial,
• trial-and-error,
• trying,
• verificatory,
• zetetic