The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ENIGMA , but the solution may also be PERPLEX which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Puzzle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ENIGMA | 39 % | 6 |
| REBUS | 10 % | 5 |
| BEMUSE | 8 % | 6 |
| NONPLUS | 8 % | 7 |
| BEWILDER | 4 % | 8 |
| VEX | 4 % | 3 |
| POSER | 4 % | 5 |
| BAFFLE | 4 % | 6 |
| PERPLEX | 4 % | 7 |
| RIDDLE | 3 % | 6 |
| MYSTIFY | 2 % | 7 |
| TEASER | 2 % | 6 |
| ADDLE | 2 % | 5 |
| PARADOX | 1 % | 7 |
| CONUNDRUM | 1 % | 9 |
| BEFOG | 1 % | 5 |
| JIGSAW | 1 % | 6 |
| KNOT | 1 % | 4 |
| CONFUSE | 1 % | 7 |
| DUMBFOUND | 1 % | 9 |
| PUTINTHEDARK | 1 % | 12 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Puzzle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mystify
- bewilder
- baffle
- perplex
- nonplus
- flummox
- dumbfound
- amaze
- stupify
- stupefy
- get
- trounce
Crossword Answer definitions
ENIGMA noun- Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
- A riddle, or a difficult problem.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ENIGMA
- Puzzle
- "Hmmmmmm" provoker
- Riddle
- Real poser
- Stumper
- Code broken in the 2014 biopic "The Imitation Game"
- National Puzzlers League newsletter, with "The"
- Nazi's cipher
- Something inscrutable
- Baffler
More clues leading to the result REBUS
- Picture poser
- Happy Meal puzzle
- Image problem?
- Picture puzzle?
- Puzzle in pictures
- Riddle using pictures
- Pictorial poser
- Imagistic puzzle
- Picture puzzle
- Pictorial puzzle
More clues leading to the result BEMUSE
More clues leading to the result NONPLUS
More clues leading to the result BEWILDER
More clues leading to the result VEX
More clues leading to the result POSER
- Baffling problem
- Baffling question
- Sticky problem
- Dilemma
- Insult for a middle schooler who puts on airs
- Superficial sort
- Enigma
- Tough nut to crack
- Riddle
- "Cheese" sayer
More clues leading to the result BAFFLE
- Perplex
- Present a poser to
- Discombobulate
- Deflecting screen
- Confuse
- Stump
- Stymie
- Puzzle
- Foil or check.
- Frustrate.
More clues leading to the result PERPLEX
More clues leading to the result RIDDLE
- ---
- Conundrum
- Question posed by Turandot
- Question meant to confound
- Brainteaser
- Verbal puzzle
- Fill with holes
- Fill full of holes
- Mind-teasing question
- Puzzling question
More clues leading to the result MYSTIFY
More clues leading to the result TEASER
- Freebie-offering ad
- Promo
- Riddle
- Luring ad
- Television come-on
- Alluring promo
- Short promo
- "Film at eleven" promo, e.g.
- Ad for an upcoming television episode, often
- Short highlight
More clues leading to the result ADDLE
- Confuse
- Perplex
- Discombobulate
- Muddle
- Dizzy
- Get confused
- Make mad or go bad
- Become rotten, as eggs
- Throw off
- Cause confusion
More clues leading to the result PARADOX
- Holiday and Savage?
- Self-contradictory statement
- Seeming contradiction
- Contradiction in terms
- See 53-Across
- "This statement is false," e.g.
- Catch-22
- "I never tell the truth," e.g.
- "I always lie," e.g.
- Self-contradictory thing
More clues leading to the result CONUNDRUM
More clues leading to the result BEFOG
More clues leading to the result JIGSAW
- Picture puzzle
- Kind of puzzle
- Tool with a narrow blade
- Pattern cutter
- Puzzle type
- Tool for irregular cutting
- Tool that requires steering
- Puzzle sometimes framed
- Something to put together
- Tool for curved cutting
More clues leading to the result KNOT
- Board imperfection
- Clove hitch, e.g.
- Connection
- It may be square
- Sheepshank
- Tangle
- Headphone cable headache
- Clove hitch or sheepshank
- Entwine
- Granny, e.g.