puzzle

(noun, verb)

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