Perplexing path
The crossword clue "Perplexing path" is answered by MAZE, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MAZE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAZE answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MAZE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAZE, most used first.
- Labyrinth - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Lab rat's challenge - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- Pencil puzzle - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Minotaur's milieu - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Puzzle book feature - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Rat's challenge - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Puzzle with an exit - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Path - LANE, used 57 times
- Beat a path - TROD, used 19 times
- Pool path - LANE, used 13 times
- Sprinter's path - LANE, used 12 times
- Narrow path - LANE, used 9 times
- Planetary path - OVAL, used 7 times
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