[
UK
/pˈʌzəl/
]
[ US /ˈpəzəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈpəzəɫ/ ]
VERB
-
be a mystery or bewildering to
Got me--I don't know the answer!
This beats me!
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
NOUN
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a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
that's a real puzzler
he loved to solve chessmate puzzles - a game that tests your ingenuity
How To Use puzzle In A Sentence
- She said two puzzles in particular - a racing problem and ballerina conundrum - had needed a great deal of logical legwork.
- Specimens are rarely found in one unbroken piece, and the process of reconstituting them is akin to completing a jigsaw puzzle.
- Then take a well-earned rest and relax with all the other amazing puzzles on offer. The Sun
- As with all Dizzy games, Crystal Kingdom is jam-packed with perplexing puzzles to solve.
- I badly wanted to go on to see the monkey-puzzle forests at the foot of the Andes, to drive the cattle to high summer pasture.
- He lay looking at the ceiling, trying to puzzle things out.
- I was puzzled that my doctor saw this as a cause for celebration but they are a breed apart.
- Clara looked puzzled for a moment—she had forgotten that that was what they called the picnic spot on the Guadalupe. The Lonesome Dove Series
- His little puzzle of the speed of light has you completely foxed.
- Each dungeon has been redesigned to offer new challenges - and in turn, mess with returning players by remixing the puzzles and the room progression completely.