Meaning

5 senses

  1. A puzzling situation or problem.

  2. A puzzling person.

    One who is mysterious.

  3. One who devises puzzles for others to solve.

    Near-synonyms: riddler, quizzer, setter

  4. A video game in which the player is presented with (usually abstract) puzzles to solve.

  5. A person who solves puzzles as a hobby.

More definitions
  • a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

Origin

From puzzle + -er.

From puzzle + -er.

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Forms

plural: puzzlers
Singularpuzzler
Pluralpuzzlers

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
puzzleB1puzzlementstumperenigmabrainteaserriddlerquizzersetter
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedjigsaw puzzlerpuzzle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
putzpuzzleB1puzzlementpwnpygmalionpygmy
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