puzzle
noun
1. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
- he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
- that's a real puzzler
Similar word(s): mystifier, puzzler, teaser
Definition categories: communication, problem
2. a game that tests your ingenuity
Definition categories: man–made, game
Sentences with puzzle as a noun:
- Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle.
- to be in a puzzle
verb
1. be a mystery or bewildering to
Similar word(s): amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, stick, stupefy, vex
Definition categories: cognition, bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
2. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
- We puzzled over her sudden departure
Definition categories: emotion, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate