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puzzle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, stick, stupefy, vex |
| Type of | throw, bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle |
| Has types | escape, mix up, riddle, stump, elude |
| Derivation | puzzlement, puzzler |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | game |
| Has types | crossword, crossword puzzle, chinese puzzle, jigsaw puzzle, tangram |
puzzle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | speculate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, contemplate, ruminate, excogitate, think over, chew over, meditate |
| Derivation | puzzlement |
We puzzled over her sudden departure.
Examples of puzzle
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Starks, however, will not be the vital piece to the puzzle against the Steelers.
From the sacbee.com
Called Solitaire Chess, the game is a cross between a puzzle and standard chess.
From the techcrunch.com
The final piece of the puzzle is vintage, or the year the grapes were harvested.
From the foxbusiness.com
It would even be possible to predict the outcome of a puzzle or lottery numbers.
From the sciencedaily.com
A research group led by the University of Bonn seems to have solved this puzzle.
From the sciencedaily.com
It takes 20 minutes to fit it all into the car, like an elaborate jigsaw puzzle.
From the guardian.co.uk
Even her editors and those inside the puzzle-making world knew little about her.
From the sacbee.com
The possibility weighs on her mind each night when she works a crossword puzzle.
From the ocregister.com
Now another piece of the puzzle is being reported on what, exactly, glasses are.
From the sciencedaily.com
- A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
- Perplex: 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"
- A game that tests your ingenuity
- Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
- (puzzlement) bewilderment: confusion resulting from failure to understand
- A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution. ...
- Puzzle is the fourth studio album by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro, released 4 June 2007 - the album was later released in America in August. It is the band's first album since leaving Beggars Banquet (though the sleeve artwork still features the Beggars Banquet logo).
- Puzzle is the debut album of the alternative rock group dada, released in 1992, on I.R.S. Records. The album featured the hit single "Dizz Knee Land" and sold more than half a million copies.
- Puzzle is the sixth album by Gianna Nannini and was released in 1984.
