enigma

a riddle, mystery, or puzzling thing

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Other words with the enigm / enigma root

  • enigmatic: puzzling, mysterious, or hard to interpret

An enigma is a riddle with the answer withheld.

The missing signature turned the whole contract into an enigma.

Enigma is the noun doorway into enigmatic. The point is not darkness alone; it is puzzle-energy, the feeling that meaning exists but has not opened yet.

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