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To confound or perplex someone
“Isabelle's apparent change of heart puzzled me.”
To think hard about something because one cannot understand it
“His mind flew from one wild idea to another as he tried to puzzle out the reason she was closeted in her room like that.”
Solve or understand something by thinking hard
“I shall not identify which daughter said which thing, leaving it as a task for the reader to puzzle it out.”
To cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
To cause distress or anxiety to
Cause to become twisted together with or caught in
A toy, game, or question presenting a problem that requires skill or ingenuity for its solution
“The Two Reconstructions explains a puzzle that lies at the heart of America's development as a political democracy.”
Anybody's guess
An unpleasant situation, usually where difficult choices have to be made
A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true
A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message
A saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal
A confusion, mistake, muddle or misunderstanding
Any of several annual horse races
A feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth of someone or something
A hidden problem or disadvantage in an apparently ideal situation
A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness
The state or condition of being difficult
A test of knowledge, especially as a competition between individuals or teams as a form of entertainment
A system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy
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