enigma
Noun
- A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
- a difficult problem
- Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
- A riddle, or a difficult problem.
- Riddles and puzzles, collectively.
- Mysteriousness; obscurity; a lack of clarity.
- A style of literature characterized by obscurity and hints of transcendental meaning.
- Alternative letter-case form of Enigma.
- A protein with three LIM domains (a conserved cysteine- and histidine-rich structure of two adjacent zinc fingers) at the C terminus that regulates protein phosphorylation.
- The Talaud kingfisher, Todiramphus enigma.
- Any of species of Oedaleonotus enigma of grasshoppers.
- Any of species of Heliothis enigma of rare moths.
Examples
- His opponent’s silent, unreadable face was an ENIGMA, revealing nothing of their strategy.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin aenigma (“riddle”), being derived itself from the Ancient Greek verbal noun αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, speaking in riddles”).
Scrabble Score: 9
enigma: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordenigma: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
enigma: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
enigma: valid Words With Friends Word