Baffling problem
The crossword clue "Baffling problem" is answered by POSER, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
POSER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POSER answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 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.
- TOUGHNUTTOCRACK (2 uses in xd)
- STUMPER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for POSER
Every other clue in this collection answered by POSER, most used first.
- Baffling question - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Tough puzzle - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Tough question - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Tricky puzzle - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Toughie - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
- Conundrum - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Tough nut to crack - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Wannabe - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Riddle - used 13 times, most recently in 2011
- Puzzle - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Puzzling problem - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Tough problem - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Baffler - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Enigma - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
- Model - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Baffling riddle - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Brainteaser - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Knotty problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Tough riddle - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Pretender - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Tough nut - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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- Pool problem - ALGAE, used 31 times
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