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 |
| VEX | 4 % | 3 |
| POSER | 4 % | 5 |
| BAFFLE | 4 % | 6 |
| PERPLEX | 4 % | 7 |
| BEWILDER | 4 % | 8 |
| RIDDLE | 3 % | 6 |
| TEASER | 2 % | 6 |
| ADDLE | 2 % | 5 |
| MYSTIFY | 2 % | 7 |
| JIGSAW | 1 % | 6 |
| KNOT | 1 % | 4 |
| CONFUSE | 1 % | 7 |
| DUMBFOUND | 1 % | 9 |
| PUTINTHEDARK | 1 % | 12 |
| PARADOX | 1 % | 7 |
| CONUNDRUM | 1 % | 9 |
| BEFOG | 1 % | 5 |
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 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 BEWILDER
More clues leading to the result RIDDLE
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- 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 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 MYSTIFY
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.
More clues leading to the result CONFUSE
More clues leading to the result DUMBFOUND
More clues leading to the result PUTINTHEDARK
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