Communication

Synonyms for puzzler

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 4, High CampCommunication

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

That's a real puzzler.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

teaser

Same sentence, swapped: That's a real teaser.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for puzzler as it is used in the sentence above.

rebus
case
riddle

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Closest first: other communication words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

verbiagenounwordingthe manner in which something is expressed in wordsHigh CampHas a reason line vindicateverbjustifyshow to be right by providing justification or proofHigh Camp voicenounarticulationexpressing in coherent verbal formHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line warningnounadmonitioncautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)High Camp quibbleverbsquabbleargue over petty thingsRidgeline quoteverbciterefer to for illustration or proofRidgelineHas a reason line ramblingadjectivediscursivetending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjectsSummit positiveadjectiveoverconfidentmarked by excessive confidenceHigh CampHas a reason line

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