Maze and Riddle

Maze

Maze noun - A confusing and complicated arrangement of passages.

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Riddle and maze are semantically related In some cases you can use "Riddle" instead a noun "Maze".

Nearby Words: mazy, mazed, mazer

Riddle noun - Something hard to understand or explain.

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Maze and riddle are semantically related in brain-teaser topic. Sometimes you can use "Maze" instead a noun "Riddle".

Nearby Words: riddled, riddling

old	old maze	old riddle
full	full maze	full riddle
long	long maze	long riddle
particular	particular maze	particular riddle
Other adjectives: complex, original, difficult, simple, entire, complicated, interesting, final, classic, random, confusing, titular, different, giant.

In Goblet of Fire, Harry encounters a sphinx in the final maze and manages to solve its riddle (which is a simple word puzzle rather than the Riddle of the Sphinx).

Source: Riddle Me This
And in this universe his riddle to trick the Mane Six into the maze never worked in the first place thanks to Twilight's logic.

Source: Fanfic / The Great Alicorn Hunt
The riddle of the Sphinx, the koans of the Buddhists, the liar paradox of Epimenides, the maze and the Minotaur, et cetera, et cetera.

Source: Analysis / The Riddler

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