puzzler
/'pʌzlə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A particularly difficult or confusing problem or question that requires clever thinking to solve. A "puzzler" is a challenge, often presented as a game or riddle, that is designed to test a person's ingenuity, logic, or knowledge. It is something that makes you think hard to find the answer or solution.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The Sunday newspaper always includes a crossword puzzler that takes me all morning.
- Figuring out how to fit all the luggage in the car was a real puzzler.
- The detective was presented with a puzzler: the room was locked from the inside, but the victim was clearly murdered.
Advanced Usage
- "To be a real puzzler": Used to emphasize that something is exceptionally confusing or difficult to figure out.
- The sudden disappearance of the files is a real puzzler for the IT team.
Variants and Related Words
- Puzzle (noun/verb): The more common base word. As a noun, it means a game, problem, or toy designed to test ingenuity. As a verb, it means to cause someone to feel confused because they cannot understand something.
- She enjoys jigsaw puzzles. (noun)
- His strange behavior puzzles me. (verb)
- Puzzling (adjective): Describing something that is confusing and difficult to understand or solve.
- We received a puzzling message with no clear sender.
Synonyms
- Conundrum: A confusing and difficult problem or question.
- Riddle: A question or statement phrased to require clever thinking to find its answer or meaning.
- Enigma: Something that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
- Brain-teaser: An informal term for a puzzle or problem that requires concentrated thought.
Related Phrases
- To solve/crack a puzzler: To find the correct answer to a difficult puzzle.
- It took him weeks to crack the final puzzler in the escape room.
Noun
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
- that's a real puzzler