Meaning of Puzzler | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A puzzling situation or problem.
2. A puzzling person.
3. One who is mysterious.
4. One who devises puzzles for others to solve.
5. A video game in which the player is presented with (usually abstract) puzzles to solve.
6. A person who solves puzzles as a hobby.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Near-synonyms: riddler, quizzer, setter”

“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.”

“[…] 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.”

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