I never would have guessed - tense question

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I never would have guessed - tense question

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I am trying to figure out the grammar components of the following sentence:

I never would have guessed.

What is the tense?

Is this conditional perfect?

Third conditional but without the condition?
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Re: I never would have guessed - tense question

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Yes, it is conditional perfect.
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