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v. To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter.

v. To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study: He puzzled out the significance of the statement.

verb-intransitive. To be perplexed.

verb-intransitive. To ponder over a problem in an effort to solve or understand it.

n. Something, such as a game, toy, or problem, that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling.

n. Something that baffles or confuses.

n. The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment.

n. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.

n. A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.

n. A crossword puzzle.

n. A jigsaw puzzle.

n. A riddle.

v. To perplex (someone).

n. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

n. The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

v. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus.

v. To make intricate; to entangle.

v. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out.

verb-intransitive. To be bewildered, or perplexed.

verb-intransitive. To work, as at a puzzle.

n. A difficult question or problem; specifically, a riddle, or a toy or contrivance which is designed to try one's ingenuity.

n. Embarrassment; perplexity: as, to be in a puzzle, or in a state of puzzle.

To perplex or pose with or as with difficult points, problems, or questions; put to a stand; gravel.

To entangle; make intricate.

To resolve or discover by long cogitation or careful investigation; make out by mental labor; cogitate: with out.

Synonyms Perplex, etc. (see embarrass), pose, nonplus, bewilder, stagger.

To be bewildered; be perplexed or posed.

v. be a mystery or bewildering to

n. a game that tests your ingenuity

n. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution

v. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide

"But it ` s just -- it ` s a normal investigative process, you know, and it ` s odd that the term puzzle was used, because essentially that ` s what an investigation is."

puzzled    puzzles    puzzling   

muse    speculate    mull over    think over    ruminate    contemplate    ponder    chew over    meditate    mull   

indian puzzle   

puzzlement   

jigsaw puzzle    crossword puzzle    monkey puzzle    Chinese puzzle    puzzle out    puzzled   

perplexity    Embarrass    confound    bewilder    confuse    perplex    embarrass    entangle   

guzzle    muzzle    nuzzle    uzzle   

disturb    odd    perplex    confuse    mystery    startle    bizarre    riddle    inexplicable    intrigue