perplexers
Those who confuse
Perplexers are things or people that perplex—that confuse, puzzle, or bewilder.
The word appears most often in contexts where someone is cataloging sources of confusion: The biggest perplexers in English grammar are its irregular verbs.
A person who deliberately creates puzzles or poses difficult questions might also be called a perplexer.
Inexplicable mysteries
- conundrumsPerplexing difficult problems
- riddlesPuzzling questions or teasers
- brainteasersProblems testing mental agility
- mysteriesUnexplained phenomena or events
paradoxes · cryptics · stumpers · posers · teasers · head-scratchers · mindbenders · dilemmas
Those who create ciphers
- riddlersThose who pose enigmas
- trickstersThose who mislead deliberately
- puzzlemastersExperts at crafting enigmas
- constructorsThose who assemble structures
sphinx · mystics · illusionists · confounders · bafflers · mystifiers · obfuscators · deceivers
Impossible to understand
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- confoundingCausing surprise or confusion
- mystifyingCausing complete confusion
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
inscrutable · unfathomable · cryptic · abstruse · arcane · esoteric · incomprehensible · opaque
enigmas
Inexplicable mysteries
- conundrumsPerplexing difficult problems
- riddlesPuzzling questions or teasers
- brainteasersProblems testing mental agility
mysteries · paradoxes · cryptics · stumpers · posers · teasers · head-scratchers · mindbenders · dilemmas · quandaries
cryptographers
Those who create ciphers
- riddlersThose who pose enigmas
- trickstersThose who mislead deliberately
- puzzlemastersExperts at crafting enigmas
constructors · sphinx · mystics · illusionists · confounders · bafflers · mystifiers · obfuscators · deceivers · pranksters
baffling
Impossible to understand
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- confoundingCausing surprise or confusion
- mystifyingCausing complete confusion
enigmatic · inscrutable · unfathomable · cryptic · abstruse · arcane · esoteric · incomprehensible · opaque · puzzling
bamboozle
Deceive through cunning
flummox · mystify · stump · puzzle · baffle · discombobulate · nonplus · muddle · dumbfound · boggle
perplexersclarifiers
Things that explain further
explainers · illuminators · simplifiers · demystifiers · interpreters
perplexerssolvers
Those who find answers
answerers · resolvers · decoders · unravelers · decipherers