Puzzler

Quick meaning: Puzzler is a noun meaning A puzzling situation or problem.

Meaning

A puzzling situation or problem.

More Meanings

1. A puzzling person.
2. (video games) A video game in which the player is presented with (usually abstract) puzzles to solve.
3. A person who solves puzzles as a hobby.

Example Sentences

And reason cannot answer that question, because it exists outside of reason. It’s a puzzler, right? A real head-scratcher? Which brings us back to me.

[…] he commits what to a hardened puzzler seems an unforgivable sin when he uses a picture of a two-masted ship followed by HTER for the word BRIGHTER.

Mentally stimulating leisure activities, such as doing crossword puzzles, seem to help keep the brain sharp. […] The puzzlers delayed the onset of accelerated memory loss (a sign of dementia) by an average of 2.54 years.

With the exception of certain handheld titles […], puzzlers (such as the countless Tetris iterations), and download-only games […], two-dimensional gaming has largely become a lost art, alienating many of us who grew up in a 2D virtual world.

Word Forms

• puzzlers

Synonyms for puzzler

Depending on context, synonyms include puzzle, puzzlement, stumper, enigma, brainteaser.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include puzzlemaster, puzzlist, perplexer, riddler, enigmatologist, enigmatographer.

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