tough nut to crack

noun as in perplexing or difficult situation

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enigma
mystery
perplexity
puzzler
riddle
tough nut

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enigma

nounas in mystery

bewilderment
cliffhanger
conundrum
crux
cryptogram
Gordian knot
grabber
knot
mind-boggler
mind-twister
mystification
parable
perplexity
problem
puzzle
puzzlement
puzzler
question
question mark
riddle
secret
sixty-four dollar question
sphinx
sticker
stickler
stumper
teaser
tough nut to crack
twister
why

more rigid

adjectiveas in stiff, strict, severe

adamant
adamantine
austere
bullheaded
changeless
chiseled
dead set
definite
determined
exact
firm
fixed
hard
hard-line
harsh
incompliant
inelastic
inexorable
inflexible
intransigent
invariable
obdurate
rigorous
set
set in stone
single-minded
solid
static
stern
strait-laced
stringent
tough nut to crack
unalterable
unbending
unbreakable
unchanging
uncompromising
undeviating
unmoving
unpermissive
unrelenting
unyielding

mysteries

nounas in puzzle, secret

abstruseness
brainteaser
braintwister
charade
chiller
cliffhanger
closed book
conundrum
crux
cryptogram
difficulty
enigma
grabber
inscrutability
inscrutableness
mindboggler
mystification
occult
oracle
perplexity
poser
problem
puzzlement
question
rebus
riddle
rune
secrecy
sphinx
stickler
stumper
subtlety
teaser
thriller
tough nut to crack
twister
whodunit
why

mystery

nounas in puzzle, secret

abstruseness
brainteaser
braintwister
charade
chiller
cliffhanger
closed book
conundrum
crux
cryptogram
difficulty
enigma
grabber
inscrutability
inscrutableness
mindboggler
mystification
occult
oracle
perplexity
poser
problem
puzzlement
question
rebus
riddle
rune
secrecy
sixty-four thousand dollar question
sphinx
stickler
stumper
subtlety
teaser
thriller
tough nut to crack
twister
whodunit
why

perplexity

nounas in mystery

abstruseness
brainteaser
braintwister
charade
chiller
cliffhanger
closed book
conundrum
crux
cryptogram
difficulty
enigma
grabber
inscrutability
inscrutableness
mindboggler
mystification
occult
oracle
poser
problem
puzzle
puzzlement
puzzler
question
rebus
riddle
rune
secrecy
sixty-four thousand dollar question
sphinx
stickler
stumper
subtlety
teaser
thriller
tough nut to crack
twister
whodunit
why

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