SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
riddle
noun
A puzzling question or a mystery that invites a solution.
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The Page That Printed Backward · paragraph 5A puzzling question or a mystery that invites a solution.
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The riddle of the missing hour was solved when they compared the station clocks.
A new riddle awaited them in the storeroom.
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