puzzler

[ puhz-ler ]

noun

1. a person who puzzles.
2. a baffling thing or problem.
3. a person who is occupied or amused by solving puzzles.

puzzler

/ ˈpʌzlə /

noun

1. a person or thing that puzzles

Word History and Origins

Origin of puzzler¹

First recorded in 1645–55; puzzle + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It’s the most crucial attribute shared by almost every puzzler I’ve met.

From Time

One reason these folks haven’t given up on Kryptos is because puzzlers are okay with being wrong.

From Time

"Well, if this isn't a puzzler, I don't know what is," observed Grif.

From Project Gutenberg

Rice plunged his hands deeper into both pockets and shook himself like a mastiff, satisfied that the boy had got a puzzler now.

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The picture seems a puzzler to all who watch it, and as the crowd is great the confusion of wits is catching.

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We are at a loss as to how he came into the empty house; indeed, the whole affair is a puzzler.

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The next scene was a puzzler, for in came another animal, on all-fours this time, with a new sort of tail and long ears.

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