metapuzzle
English
Alternative forms
- meta-puzzle
Etymology
meta- + puzzle
Noun
metapuzzle (plural metapuzzles)
- A compound puzzle formed by several lesser puzzles. In contrast to a regular puzzle, a metapuzzle is missing data that is essential to solving it, and which can only be obtained by solving other sometimes entirely unrelated puzzles. Metapuzzles are frequently used in puzzlehunts.