"The Imitation Game" encryption machine

The answer

ENIGMA

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENIGMA answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Puzzling person - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Real poser - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Riddle relative - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• In the thick of - AMIDST, used 91 times
• Takes the wheel - STEERS, used 75 times
• On the beach - ASHORE, used 74 times
• On the go - ACTIVE, used 73 times
• Capital of the Bahamas - NASSAU, used 64 times
• City on the Rio Grande - LAREDO, used 64 times

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