The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ENIGMAS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Puzzles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ENIGMAS | 46 % | 7 |
| POSERS | 14 % | 6 |
| PERPLEXES | 8 % | 9 |
| ACROSTICS | 3 % | 9 |
| VEXES | 3 % | 5 |
| ENIGMATA | 3 % | 8 |
| BAFFLERS | 3 % | 8 |
| RIDDLES | 3 % | 7 |
| REBUSES | 3 % | 7 |
| MAZES | 3 % | 5 |
| CONUNDRUMS | 3 % | 10 |
| PROBLEMS | 3 % | 8 |
| BAFFLEMENTS | 3 % | 11 |
| BEMUSES | 3 % | 7 |
| POSES | 3 % | 5 |
Why may ENIGMAS be the right solution?
The word "enigmas" is a synonym for puzzles, as both refer to something difficult to understand or solve.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Puzzles
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
ENIGMAS 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 ENIGMAS
- Bafflers
- Baffling problems
- Perplexing people
- Inexplicable occurrences
- Puzzles
- Riddles
- Puzzlers
- Brain teasers
- Inscrutable types
- Conundrums
More clues leading to the result POSERS
- Tough puzzles
- Baffling problems
- Tough questions
- Riddles
- Puzzling problems
- Puzzles
- Toughies
- Conundrums
- Modeling pros
- Brainteasers
More clues leading to the result PERPLEXES
More clues leading to the result ACROSTICS
- Initial readings?
- Puzzles involving quotes, usually
- Puzzles involving quotations
- Compositions in verse, with letters specially arranged.
- Puzzles.
- Kin of abecedariuses
- Certain word puzzles
- NEWS for the four directions, and others
- Crossword cousins
- Word puzzles involving quotations
More clues leading to the result VEXES
More clues leading to the result ENIGMATA
More clues leading to the result BAFFLERS
More clues leading to the result RIDDLES
- Enigmas
- Conundrums
- Posers
- Some brain teasers
- Puzzling questions
- Pierces with many holes
- Conundrums.
- The Sphinx, Mona Lisa's smile, etc.
- Perforates.
- Puzzles.
More clues leading to the result REBUSES
- Picture puzzles
- Puzzles in the game show "Concentration"
- Puzzles.
- "Concentration" puzzles
- Puzzles in which a ewe may mean "you"
More clues leading to the result MAZES
- "18. In kindergarten art class, while other boys were drawing things like tanks and dinosaurs, I drew ___,"
- Happy Meal puzzles
- They have a lot of forks
- Some outdoor autumnal attractions
- Labyrinths
- Some cornfield arrangements
- Confusing passages
- Challenges for rats
- Challenges in a child's puzzle book
- Challenges with dead ends
More clues leading to the result CONUNDRUMS
More clues leading to the result PROBLEMS
- Algebra homework
- Flies in the ointment
- Predicaments
- Math test parts
- Knotty situations
- Part 2 of quip
- Puzzles.
- What everybody has.
- Math homework
- Puzzles; enigmas
More clues leading to the result BAFFLEMENTS
More clues leading to the result BEMUSES
- Dazes
- Makes moonstruck
- Stupefies.
- Dazes.
- Confuses.
- Discombobulates
- Addles
- Confuses and entertains
- Throws for a loop
- Puzzles