Word "RIDDLE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a difficult problem
Synonyms:
brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
spread or diffuse through
Synonyms:
diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade
Examples:
His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
Synonyms:
screen

Crossword Clues for RIDDLE

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Question a learned cleric put in to annoy (6)
Brain-breaking question LA Times Daily 26 Mar 2024
Tom Marvolo ___, Voldemort's original name (6)
Anger over Doctor of Divinity's puzzling question (6)
Large-meshed sieve (6)
A screen mystery
Mind-teasing question, enigma (6)
Conundrum Mirror Classic 07 Mar 2024
It's full of holes. That's the problem (6)
Sift something difficult to understand The Guardian Quiptic 04 Mar 2024
Sift something difficult to understand (6)
Nelson -, Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation Oscar winner for 1974 film The Great Gatsby Mirror Quiz 02 Mar 2024
To refine material will certainly present a problem (6)
The puzzle that used to strain (6)
Does it sort out a poser? (6)
Puzzle to cover with holes (6) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Jan 2024
Puzzle, enigma
"What gets wetter as it dries?" is one Universal 14 Jan 2024
Large garden sieve used to sift compost or soil (6)
How to separate the wheat from the chaff is the puzzle (6)
Take the top from stovetop and pepper with holes (6)
Did the French have the right to compile this puzzle?
Sift through puzzle (6)
A person or thing difficult to understand or explain (6)
Sift through puzzle The Telegraph Toughie 12 Dec 2023
Republican inactive around end of period? That's a conundrum (6)
Brainteaser Eugene Sheffer 27 Nov 2023
Clear vacant land up and finally solve mystery The Guardian Cryptic 15 Sep 2023
Verbal puzzle ("What is full of holes but still holds water?" e.g.)
'It is a __ wrapped in a __ inside an __.' How Churchill described Russia in 1939 The Guardian Weekend 13 May 2023
Verbal brain teaser
Trick question? Universal 20 Mar 2023
Conundrum The Telegraph Quick 10 Aug 2022
Brain-teaser question Newsday 21 Jun 2022
Brainteaser Eugene Sheffer 15 Apr 2022
Mind teaser from the Sphinx Universal 25 Jan 2022
It's difficult to figure out what this might be Irish Times Crosaire 03 Jan 2022
Brain-teaser Eugene Sheffer 14 Dec 2021
Puzzle The Telegraph Quick 09 Dec 2021
Puzzling question The Guardian Quick 07 Oct 2021
It's difficult to figure out what this might be Irish Times Crosaire 26 Aug 2021
Brain-teaser and coarse sieve Irish Times Simplex 03 Jun 2021
Filter problem
Anger involving theologian's conundrum
Brain-teaser Eugene Sheffer 13 Mar 2021
Question for puzzle solvers The Washington Post Sunday 31 Jan 2021
It's difficult to figure out what this might be Irish Times Crosaire 23 Dec 2020
Puzzling question?
Enigma LA Times Daily 06 Dec 2020
Enigma The Telegraph Quick 16 Oct 2020
Tricky question puts bishop in anger The Sun Two Speed 19 Jun 2020
Conundrum The Sun Two Speed 19 Jun 2020
Free, led to crack puzzle
Puzzle The Telegraph Quick 17 Apr 2020
'When is a door not a door?,' e.g The Washington Post 13 Apr 2020
"When is a door not a door?," e.g LA Times Daily 13 Apr 2020
Found upside down in field, dirty puzzle
Doll oddly found in fairground attraction is an enigma The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Feb 2020
Conundrum Thomas Joseph 18 Feb 2020
Puzzle that might be draining The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Feb 2020
Enigma The Sun Two Speed 11 Nov 2019
Dukes in anger posing cryptic question The Sun Two Speed 11 Nov 2019
I'm half of 10 plus half of 16: what am I?
It's a mystery what this is? Irish Times Crosaire 15 Oct 2019
Cryptic verse The Times Concise 13 Oct 2019
Puzzle as theologian's overcome by anger The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Oct 2019
It's difficult to figure out what this is? Irish Times Crosaire 24 May 2019
Conundrum The Telegraph Quick 21 May 2019
What Edward Nygma poses to Batman The Washington Post Sunday 14 Apr 2019
Cryptic statement The Times Concise 15 Mar 2019
Brain-teaser Irish Times Simplex 09 Feb 2019
Brain teaser Universal 17 Dec 2018
Fill in puzzle
Puzzle that's full of holes? The Sun Two Speed 16 May 2018
Taking Driving Licence in drive is a problem
Puzzle, cooker not opening
Brain teaser
Sieve and cooking device, but no opener The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Sep 2017
"What has hands but can't clap?" is one USA Today 06 Sep 2017
Conundrum Wall Street Journal 08 May 2017
Conundrum The Guardian Quick 21 Apr 2017
You'll find a lot of holes in this cryptic puzzle
Cryptic question The Times Concise 03 Feb 2017
"What has hands but can't clap?" is one
What has lots of little holes? It�s a puzzle The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Dec 2016
Leak, as Jimmy's overlooked sieve
Coarse sieve The Guardian Quick 23 Sep 2016
Enigma The Washington Post 03 Sep 2016
Make many holes in puzzle
Sieve The Telegraph Quick 02 Aug 2016
Make many holes in puzzle
Sift puzzling piece of verse The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Mar 2016
Enigma Universal 24 Feb 2016
Supposing, supposing, three men were frozen; two died, how many were left? That's worth solving! Irish Times Crosaire 11 Dec 2015
One offering cryptic clues to sift The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Dec 2015
Sieve; puzzle The Telegraph Quick 11 May 2015
Puzzling question The Times Concise 01 May 2015
Puzzle that's full of holes?
Puzzle that is full of holes The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Feb 2015
Nelson --, American popular music arranger (1921-85) The Telegraph General Knowledge 19 Jan 2015
Judges 14:14 has the only one in the Bible
Conundrum
Head-scratcher
Poser taken in hand by forty-niner?
Puzzling question
Its entertainment value is questionable
Conundrum
Puzzling question
Conundrum
Mind-teasing question
Vexing question
Fill full of holes
The Sphinx had a famous one
It doesn't have an obvious answer
Question meant to confound
Permeate
"When is a door not a door?," e.g.
"When is a door not a door?," e.g.
Permeate
The Sphinx had a famous one
Stumper
Sphinx's offering
Stumper
Certain brainteaser
Puzzling question
Question posed by Turandot
Conundrum
Mind teaser
Verbal puzzle
Puzzling question
Tricky question
Fill with holes
Conundrum
Perforate
Sphinx offering
Perforate thoroughly
Turandot's test
Mind teaser
Enigma
Mind twister
Conundrum
Stumper
Brainteaser
Perforate thoroughly
Sphinx's offering
Verbal puzzle
Brain stumper
"What has four wheels and flies?"
Conundrum
What Oedipus solved
Nelson ___ of songdom
Pierce with many holes
Bandleader Nelson
Poser
Mystery.
Puzzle.
Puzzling person.
Puzzling question.
Enigma.
Perplexity.
Something perplexing.
What the Sphinx asked.
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