as in mystery
something hard to understand or explain
why he chose to sink all of his money into a failing business is a real head-scratcher
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Recent Examples of head-scratcher
But the big head-scratcher for me in hindsight was David jumping for Phillip.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
But after a few head-scratchers in the AFC Championship against the Buffalo Bills, the social media chatter was taken from the keyboard to the Roger Goodell press conference on Monday.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
Such absences don’t detract from Lynskey’s achievement—they’re just head-scratchers.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Golf can be a head-scratcher with 155 players grinding through 72 holes of wind, cold and everything else the universe throws at them.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
But after a few head-scratchers in the AFC Championship against the Buffalo Bills, the social media chatter was taken from the keyboard to the Roger Goodell press conference on Monday.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
Such absences don’t detract from Lynskey’s achievement—they’re just head-scratchers.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Golf can be a head-scratcher with 155 players grinding through 72 holes of wind, cold and everything else the universe throws at them.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for head-scratcher
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“Head-scratcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/head-scratcher. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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