Puzzling person
The crossword clue "Puzzling person" is answered by ENIGMA, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ENIGMA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENIGMA answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CROSSWORDEDITOR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ENIGMA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ENIGMA, most used first.
- Puzzle - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Mystery - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Riddle - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Conundrum - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
- Baffler - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Tough nut to crack - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Stumper - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Head-scratcher - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Poser - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Elgar's "___ Variations" - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- It's a mystery - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Baffling puzzle - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Mind-boggler - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Puzzlement - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Real poser - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Riddle relative - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- "The Imitation Game" encryption machine - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Penitent person - ATONER, used 29 times
- Per person - APIECE, used 24 times
- Energetic person - DYNAMO, used 19 times
- Self-centered person - EGOIST, used 15 times
- Unimportant person - NOBODY, used 10 times
- Vain person - EGOIST, used 10 times
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