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MYSTIFIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mystifier mean? 

MYSTIFIER (noun)
  The noun MYSTIFIER has 1 sense:

1. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solutionplay

  Familiarity information: MYSTIFIER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MYSTIFIER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mystifier; puzzle; puzzler; teaser

Context example:

that's a real puzzler

Hypernyms ("mystifier" is a kind of...):

problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mystifier"):

sudoku (a number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number)

acrostic; word square (a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across)

Derivation:

mystify (be a mystery or bewildering to)


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