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PUZZLE
puzzle
(noun) a game that tests your ingenuity
puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser
(noun) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; “he loved to solve chessmate puzzles”; “that’s a real puzzler”
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to; “This beats me!”; “Got me--I don’t know the answer!”; “a vexing problem”; “This question really stuck me”
puzzle
(verb) be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; “We puzzled over her sudden departure”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
puzzle (plural puzzles)
Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
A crossword puzzle.
A jigsaw puzzle.
A riddle.
(archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
Synonyms
• (anything difficult to understand or make sense of): anybody's guess, anyone's guess, conundrum, enigma, mystery
• (game for one person): brain-teaser, poser
• (crossword puzzle): crossword, crossword puzzle
• (jigsaw puzzle): jigsaw, jigsaw puzzle
• (riddle): guessing game, riddle
Verb
puzzle (third-person singular simple present puzzles, present participle puzzling, simple past and past participle puzzled)
(transitive) To perplex (someone).
(intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment.
(transitive) To make intricate; to entangle.
Synonyms
• See also confuse
Anagrams
• puzzel
Source: Wiktionary
Puz"zle, n. Etym: [For opposal, in the sense of problem. See Oppose, Pose, v.]
1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
Puz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Puzzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Puzzling.]
1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus. A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others. Dr. H. More. He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders. Addison.
2. To make intricate; to entangle. They disentangle from the puzzled skein. Cowper. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error. Addison.
3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery.
Syn.
– To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See Embarrass.
Puz"zle, v. i.
1. To be bewildered, or perplexed. A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing. L'Estrange.
2. To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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