conundrums
Problems without answers
Conundrums is the plural of conundrum—a puzzling question or problem, especially one without a clear answer.
A conundrum often involves a dilemma where every option has drawbacks: The committee faced several conundrums about how to allocate the budget.
The word can also mean a riddle whose answer involves a pun.
Puzzling questions or teasers
- brainteasersProblems testing mental agility
- enigmasInexplicable mysteries
- crosswordsClued letter grids
- sudokuLogic grid puzzle
logic puzzles · word problems · cryptograms · jigsaws · rebuses · anagrams · ciphers · paradoxes
States of perplexing uncertainty
- predicamentsTroublesome situations requiring decisions
- catch-22sSelf-defeating rule situations
- impassesSituations without resolution
- deadlocksUnresolvable standstill situations
moral dilemmas · no-win situations · double binds · stalemates · crossroads · trolley problems · binds · pickles
Undetermined quantities
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- bafflementMental state of confusion
disorientation · uncertainty · muddlement · head-scratching · mental fog · mystification · confoundment · discombobulation
riddles
Puzzling questions or teasers
- brainteasersProblems testing mental agility
- enigmasInexplicable mysteries
- crosswordsClued letter grids
sudoku · logic puzzles · word problems · cryptograms · jigsaws · rebuses · anagrams · ciphers · paradoxes · head-scratchers
quandaries
States of perplexing uncertainty
- predicamentsTroublesome situations requiring decisions
- catch-22sSelf-defeating rule situations
- impassesSituations without resolution
deadlocks · moral dilemmas · no-win situations · double binds · stalemates · crossroads · trolley problems · binds · pickles · jams
unknowns
Undetermined quantities
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
bafflement · disorientation · uncertainty · muddlement · head-scratching · mental fog · mystification · confoundment · discombobulation · flummox
- party gamescharades, musical statues, musical chairs, truth or dare, spin the bottle
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
- riddlesriddles, riddle, enigmas, enigma, brainteasers
- brain gamesbrainteasers, brain teasers, logic puzzles, puzzles, crossword puzzles
- mind bogglersriddles, paradoxes, logic puzzles, brain teasers, trick questions
- mysteriesmystery, enigma, enigmas, puzzle, riddle
conundrumsno-brainers
Effortlessly obvious decisions
simplicities · child's play · trivialities · walk in the park · piece of cake
conundrumscertainties
Assured truths
clarities · self-evident truths · plain facts · truisms · transparencies
conundrumscertainties
Assured truths
solutions · answers · resolutions · clarities · foregone conclusions