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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 solution
Familiarity information: MYSTIFIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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