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Word entry · 6 letters

enigma

Best crossword clue

"Puzzling mystery"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈnɪɡmə/Part of speech nounSorted aegimnStarts with EEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

Word origin

From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), being derived itself from the Ancient Greek verbal noun αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, speaking in riddles”).

Used in a sentence

  • I was, and still am, an enigma to myself.
  • Tucked inconspicuously away behind the shoal of darkness that hung in those gloomy corners, the silhouetted enigma was ogling him in halcyon silence.
  • But as he came to know this work during his last months, he also came to a profound understanding of the many enigmas that create a deeply satisfying life.

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