Associations to the word «Puzzle»

PUZZLE, noun. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.

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

PUZZLE, noun. A crossword puzzle.

PUZZLE, noun. A jigsaw puzzle.

PUZZLE, noun. A riddle.

PUZZLE, noun. (archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.

PUZZLE, noun. The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

PUZZLE, verb. (transitive) To perplex (someone).

PUZZLE, verb. To make intricate; to entangle.

PUZZLE OUT, verb. To figure out; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.

PUZZLE, noun. A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler".

PUZZLE, noun. A game that tests your ingenuity.

PUZZLE, verb. 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".

PUZZLE, verb. Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure".