puzzler

English

Etymology

puzzle +‎ -er

Noun

puzzler (plural puzzlers)

1. A puzzling situation or problem; an enigma.
2. (video games) A video game in which the player is presented with (usually abstract) puzzles to solve.
3. A person who solves puzzles as a hobby.
   • 1927, Frederic Gregory Hartswick, Read the Pictures (page v)

     […] he commits what to a hardened puzzler seems an unforgivable sin when he uses a picture of a two-masted ship followed by HTER for the word BRIGHTER.

   • 2013, Linda B. White, Barbara H. Seeber, Barbara Brownell Grogan, 500 Time-Tested Home Remedies and the Science Behind Them

     Mentally stimulating leisure activities, such as doing crossword puzzles, seem to help keep the brain sharp. […] The puzzlers delayed the onset of accelerated memory loss (a sign of dementia) by an average of 2.54 years.