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 |
| POSES | 3 % | 5 |
| 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 |
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 POSES
- Holds still
- Indulges in voguing
- Sits for shots
- Presents
- Photo shoot's many
- Prepares for the snap, say
- Takes an attitude
- Masquerades
- Attitudinizes
- Watches the birdie
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
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