puzzler

puz·zle (p

v. puz·zled, puz·zling, puz·zles

v.tr.

1. To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter.

2. To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study: He puzzled out the significance of the statement.

v.intr.

1. To be perplexed.

2. To ponder over a problem in an effort to solve or understand it.

1. Something, such as a game, toy, or problem, that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling.

2. Something that baffles or confuses.

3. The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment.

[Origin unknown.]

puzzler n.

Synonyms: puzzle, perplex, mystify, bewilder, confound
These verbs mean to cause bafflement or confusion. Puzzle suggests difficulty in solving or interpreting something: "The poor creature puzzled me once . . . by a question merely natural and innocent" (Daniel Defoe).
Perplex stresses uncertainty or anxiety, as over reaching an understanding or finding a solution: a dilemma that perplexed the committee.
Mystify implies defying comprehension by obscuring facts: symbolism that mystifies me.
Bewilder emphasizes extreme mental confusion: "The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered" (Logan Pearsall Smith).
To confound is to confuse and astonish: God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise (I Corinthians 1:27).

puzzler [ˈpʌzlə]

a person or thing that puzzles

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

puzzler - a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"

mystifier, puzzle, teaser

problem - a question raised for consideration or solution; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve"

sudoku - a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number

acrostic, word square - a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across

Translations

puzzler [ˈpʌzləʳ] N → misterio m, enigma m

puzzler

n (= problem) → harter Brocken (inf)

puzzler [ˈpʌzləʳ] n → mistero, enigma m

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It's right in line with that other puzzler of yours, the more-you-like-me-the-less-you-want-to-marry-me one.

Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context

The next scene was a puzzler, for in came another animal, on all-fours this time, with a new sort of tail and long ears.

Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

We are at a loss as to how he came into the empty house; indeed, the whole affair is a puzzler.

A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

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