baffler

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noun

Something that causes a person to be baffled, particularly a difficult puzzle or riddle.

OriginEnglish baffle ← French beferder.? →
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Meanings

nounbaffler (plural bafflers)

plural bafflers

  1. Something that causes a person to be baffled, particularly a difficult puzzle or riddle.
  2. Any of the projections inside a dice tower that serve to deflect the die unpredictably.
  3. uncommonA baffle (device to control flow).

Origin

  1. Frenchbafouerder.?
  2. Frenchbeferder.?
  3. Englishbaffle
  4. Englishbaffler

From baffle + -er.

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APA

baffler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baffler

MLA

“baffler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baffler. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baffler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baffler.

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