Defenition of the word puzzle
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Defenition of the word puzzle
- A problem or enigma that challenges ingenuity, usually used for entertainment purposes.
- be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!"
- a toy that tests your ingenuity
- a particularly baffling problem; "That's a real puzzler"
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that''s a real puzzler"
- 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"
- be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
- a game that tests your ingenuity
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
Synonyms for the word puzzle
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- amaze
- baffle
- beat
- bewilder
- dumbfound
- flummox
- get
- gravel
- mystify
- nonplus
- perplex
- puzzler
- stupefy
- stupify
- trounce
Similar words in the puzzle
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- figure out
- lick
- puzzle out
- puzzle over
- solve
- work
Hyponyms for the word puzzle
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- acrostic
- Chinese puzzle
- crossword
- crossword puzzle
- elude
- escape
- jigsaw puzzle
- mix up
- riddle
- stump
- sudoku
- tangram
- word square
Hypernyms for the word puzzle
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- bedevil
- befuddle
- chew over
- confound
- confuse
- contemplate
- discombobulate
- excogitate
- fox
- fuddle
- game
- meditate
- mull
- mull over
- muse
- plaything
- ponder
- problem
- reflect
- ruminate
- speculate
- think over
- throw
- toy
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