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PUZZLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does puzzler mean? 

PUZZLER (noun)
  The noun PUZZLER has 1 sense:

1. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solutionplay

  Familiarity information: PUZZLER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUZZLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mystifier; puzzle; puzzler; teaser

Context example:

that's a real puzzler

Hypernyms ("puzzler" is a kind of...):

problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "puzzler"):

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)

Derivation:

puzzle (be a mystery or bewildering to)


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