riddlers
Those who perplex
Riddlers are people who pose or compose riddles—puzzles framed as questions with clever or unexpected answers.
The term appears in fantasy literature and games, where riddlers challenge heroes with wordplay: The riddlers guarded the bridge, letting none pass who couldn't solve their puzzles.
Someone who speaks in deliberately obscure or enigmatic ways might also be called a riddler.
Difficult problem to solve
- quizmasterGame show host
- sphinxMysterious, unreadable person
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
- jesterRoyal household comedian
joker · prankster · wit · wordsmith · entertainer · storyteller · oracle · sage
puzzler
Difficult problem to solve
- quizmasterGame show host
- sphinxMysterious, unreadable person
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
jester · joker · prankster · wit · wordsmith · entertainer · storyteller · oracle · sage · provocateur
puzzle
Challenge testing ingenuity
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- brain-teaserChallenging mental puzzle
rebus · anagram · paradox · cipher · code · cryptic · wordplay · charades · sphinx · labyrinth
- problem solverstroubleshooters, detectives, investigators, sleuths, debuggers
- word loverslogophile, logophiles, word nerd, word nerds, wordsmith
riddlersexplainers
Those who clarify meaning
answerers · clarifiers · solvers · revealers · illuminators
- speaking in riddles
- Tom Riddle
- word riddlesGames of linguistic deduction
- math riddlesProblems requiring numerical reasoning
- riddle wrapped in an enigmaUtterly baffling matter