Clues for the word "ENIGMA"
We've had 152 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 424 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on February 27, 2026.
Definition of enigma
- n. - A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.
- n. - An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.
Referring Clues
- Sphinx
- Elgar's "___ Variations"
- Puzzle
- Poser
- Mystery
- Complete baffler
- Something inexplicable
- Stumper
- Perplexer
- It's mind-boggling
- Riddle
- Mind-boggler
- "Hmm?" inducer
- It's not clear
- It's hard to understand
- Conundrum
- Head-scratcher
- Knot
- It's puzzling
- Something of a mystery
- It's something of a mystery
- Mona Lisa's smile, for one
- Inscrutable sort
- Brainteaser
- Puzzling person
- Something hard to grasp
- Puzzling situation
- Closed book
- Appropriately named monthly of the National Puzzlers' League, with "The"
- National Puzzlers' League publication, with The
- WWII coding machine
- It's no no-brainer
- Inscrutable person
- Brain twister
- Problem
- Toughie
- Baffler
- Riddle or puzzle
- "Hmm" provoker
- Tough puzzle
- Riddle relative
- Cryptic mystery
- WWII encryption machine
- Real poser
- Baffling problem
- Baffler (anagram of 52-Across)
- Tough nut to crack
- "I'm a walking, talking ___": Larry David
- Challenging riddle
- WW2 German encoding device
- Something inscrutable
- Baffling thing
- Hard-to-know person
- It's a mystery
- Name of encoding device used by Germany in WWII
- Puzzling problem
- Contradictory character
- Puzzlement
- Baffling puzzle
- It's hard to untangle
- Reason to be at sea?
- Brain teaser
- Perplexing puzzle
- Puzzler
- Inexplicable situation
- Hard puzzle
- "The Imitation Game" machine
- Nazi cipher machine broken by the Allies
- Perplexity
- Mind-boggling puzzle
- Puzzle that's a stumper
- Mysterious puzzle
- Hard puzzle to figure out
- Brain-twister
- It's truly puzzling
- Mysterious baffler
- Paradox
- The Mona Lisa's smile, e.g.
- Confused in game or puzzle
- Puzzling thing
- "Sadeness (Part I)" electronic band
- Difficult problem
- German military cipher machine
- It's a mystery why one might read Hemingway
- Shown up, Paul's clothes embarrassing ultimately, a poser
- Elgar's variations of gamine
- Imagine not one, perhaps, but many variations
- Altered image about me, finally, in this puzzle
- Puzzle cryptically written by one finishing below
- Variation resolved in game
- Variations in code who could possibly imagine? Not I
- Puzzle set in game
- 7 good to keep in a dark hole? On the contrary
- Street guide not needed in new magazine puzzle
- Imagine missing one cracking puzzle
- Variation in game may need explaining
- "In" game with which to monkey puzzle
- WWII cipher
- Riddle - German coding machine
- Play in game with variations
- Game in the form of a puzzle
- Puzzle resolved in game
- ... which name disclosed a machine used in war
- Variation in game puzzles people
- Heartless meaning could be a riddle
- Machine with gamma for chi when deciphered
- Puzzle, riddle
- Musical variations on this puzzle
- ... in game-changing conundrum
- Cipher cracked in game
- Riddle in game worked out
- Cipher worked out in game
- In game, cracked riddle
- Mystery unravelled in game
- Puzzle of trap by English leader spun 180 degrees by another
- A German mine defused at Bletchley Park
- Megan's wrong about inner piece of jigsaw puzzle
- Mystery Machine's case, again leader lost Shaggy?
- Mystery at heart of agent's slight remark
- Decipher pointless meaning of puzzle
- Puzzle's meaning can be decoded without a name
- Real mystery
- German coding machine deciphered at Bletchley Park in 1940
- Conundrum to resolve in game
- Puzzling riddle
- Ciphering system cracked by Alan Turing
- Hard-to-crack puzzle
- Baffling person
- Real puzzle
- Mysterious sort
- Imagine not beginning new puzzle
- It's hard to figure out
- Inscrutable puzzle
- Perplexing person
- Return from a mine containing very little gold. It's a problem
- Total mystery
- Something baffling
- Hard nut to crack
- "The Imitation Game" encryption machine
- Perplexing thing
- Source of bafflement
- Real baffler
- Quandary
- Monthly publication of the National Puzzlers' League, with "The"
- Personality that's hard to read
- Challenging puzzle
- Very secretive sort
- Something puzzling
- Tough person to understand
- Real head-scratcher
- Cipher machine of W.W. II
- Mysterious situation
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - February 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 14, 2026
- Daily American - January 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 13, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 23, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 18, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 27, 2025
- LA Times - May 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 17, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 13, 2025
- USA Today - March 12, 2025
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