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Riddled vs Riddler - What's the difference?

riddled | riddler |

As an adjective riddled

is damaged throughout by holes.

As a verb riddled

is past tense of riddle.

As a noun riddler is

a puzzler; one who asks riddles.

riddled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Damaged throughout by holes.
  • Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
  • #
  • The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud.
  • #
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  • They took a swig each from an old bottle of sherry and ate some stale digestive biscuits sealed in a tin in the mouse-riddled cupboards.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (riddle)

    • Anagrams

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    riddler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A puzzler; one who asks riddles.
  • One who riddles or sieves (grain, sand, etc.).