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puzzler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun puzzler has 1 sense
- puzzler(n = noun.communication) mystifier, puzzle, teaser - a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler" is a kind of problem
has particulars: sudoku, acrostic, word square
Derived form verb puzzle1
CIDE DICTIONARY
puzzler, n.
One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes. [1913 Webster]
"Hebrew, the general puzzler of old heads."
[1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
puzzler
Chinese puzzle, baffling problem, brain twister, crossword puzzle, crux, enigma, enigmatic question, floorer, jigsaw puzzle, knot, knotty point, mind-boggler, mystery, nut to crack, perplexed question, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, question, question mark, sixty-four dollar question, sticker, stumper, tough proposition, vexed question, why
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